Zio is an always-on personal AI assistant built by Evan C. Navarro (ecn.dev).
Zio is hardened, expanded software built on ZeroClaw — a Rust AI-agent engine in the open-source OpenClaw family.
Why the name?
- Zero — short for “ZeroClaw”; the engine behind Zio.
- Tío — Spanish for “Uncle”; included as an homage to mine.
What can it do?
- Run deep research on demand
- Send daily briefings & reminders
- Track personal finances
- Screen & score domains (0–100)
- Share self-burning report links
- Recall anything from past chats
- Run 24/7 on OpenRouter
Lineage
- 24 NOV 2025 — “Warelay” — Steinberger’s first release source
- 27 JAN 2026 — “Moltbot” — the “Warelay” rename source
- 30 JAN 2026 — “OpenClaw” — the “Moltbot” rebrand source
- 13 FEB 2026 — “ZeroClaw” — “OpenClaw”, rebuilt in Rust source
- 14 FEB 2026 — “OpenClaw Foundation” — formed source
- 20 FEB 2026 — “Zio” — built on ZeroClaw
- 25 FEB 2026 — “Hermes Agent” — Nous Research’s release source
- 10 JUN 2026 — “Hermes” — integrated into Zio
- 17 JUN 2026 — “Zio.bot” — goes live source