Prosus Drops ToqanClaw: OpenClaw, But Make It GDPR 🛡️

European tech investment group Prosus has launched ToqanClaw, a no-code platform that lets businesses build custom tools and automations by describing their needs in plain language, positioning it as a privacy-focused alternative to OpenClaw-style AI agents. "Built in-house and integrated with Prosus' own AI platform, Toqan, it brings many of OpenClaw's features into a secure environment, where your data stays under your control and is never used to train third-party models," Prosus said in its announcement. The system runs on Prosus' in-house AI infrastructure and is being rolled out across a network of more than five million restaurants, merchants, and entrepreneurs.

Data handling is a central part of the pitch, particularly in light of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ToqanClaw keeps customer data under European control, a feature aimed at organizations concerned about privacy and governance in agent-based systems, which often rely on external tools and services outside the model provider's oversight. The launch comes as OpenClaw, Hermes, and similar AI agents have drawn growing regulatory attention in Europe, with German authorities already taking action against biometric data practices in identity systems.

Early results from restaurant partners indicate operational gains. One Dutch café chain reduced financial reporting from weeks to 30 minutes and posted 40% year-on-year revenue growth, according to Prosus. Another partner increased deliveries by 25% while cutting overtime by 60%. Prosus has trained its own Large Commerce Model on data from more than a billion customers and hundreds of millions of daily interactions, which the company says allows agents to move beyond basic task execution toward anticipating business needs.

Alongside ToqanClaw, Prosus is introducing a consumer-facing assistant called Zapia, aimed at everyday tasks rather than business applications. "We're not only building the future for our ecosystem partners, we're also building AI that works for consumers. The future isn't about opening ten apps to plan your week, book a trip or compare a price. You'll simply tell your assistant what you want, and it will get it done," Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi said in a statement. The company did not disclose pricing details for ToqanClaw or Zapia in its announcement.