Your iPhone may soon get its own OpenClaw like AI agent powered by Siri, report says

Apple may be gearing up to build a direct competitor to OpenClaw, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. With Siri already rebuilt from the ground up and announced at WWDC 2026, the road to a fully agentic Siri may not be as far away.

In Short

• Apple may eventually build an agentic AI like OpenClaw
• Siri's engineering chief hinted at its potential to expand beyond its current capabilities
• Siri, as part of iOS 27, has been completely rebuilt

Apple, who appeared to be lagging behind in the AI race, now seems to have much bigger plans brewing under the surface. According to a new report, the Cupertino-based tech giant may eventually build a direct competitor to OpenClaw. OpenClaw, the agentic AI system that went viral a few months ago, is capable of autonomously operating software and apps on a user's behalf.

The prediction comes from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. He noted that Apple's Siri engineering chief, Mike Rockwell, in last week's WWDC keynote, described the new engine powering Siri as "a completely modern architecture" built to grow and expand over time, essentially hinting that what we see today is just the beginning.

Craig Federighi, Apple's SVP of Software Engineering, was equally careful with his words. He did not shut the door on Apple eventually entering the agentic AI space but made it clear that the company is in no rush, and that getting the user experience right matters more to Apple than simply jumping on the trend.

What this could mean for Siri

Siri has already been rebuilt on a large language model foundation as part of iOS 27, which is a significant step forward in itself. But full agentic functionality, the kind that would allow Siri to autonomously operate iPhone, iPad, and Mac software entirely on your behalf, would represent a considerable leap beyond what Apple announced last week. For now, it remains a vision rather than a reality, but if Gurman's report is right, Apple may not be content sitting on the sidelines of the agentic AI race for too long.

As for the latest Siri AI, which was unveiled at the latest WWDC 2026, the company seems to have rebuilt it from the ground up. It is a significantly more capable version of the assistant powered by a new Apple Intelligence architecture developed in collaboration with Google. The new Siri can understand personal context, analyse what is on your screen, search through your apps and files, draft emails, plan events, and even perform multi-step tasks across multiple apps. A dedicated Siri app has also been introduced, complete with conversation history synced across devices. In short, Siri has taken a serious leap forward, and if this is the foundation Apple is building on, the idea of a fully agentic Siri somewhere down the line does not seem far-fetched at all.

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