Meet Dobby: An AI agent that could replace traditional apps and redefine how users interact with smartphones

For most people the idea that apps might disappear sounds surprising, but Open AI founder and vibe-coding enthusiast Andrej Karpathy believes this could happen sooner than we think. On a recent episode of “No Priors” Karpathy described an experiment with an OpenClaw AI agent that effectively replaced the fragmented software stack in his home.

One AI app instead of many

Andrej Karpathy created an AI agent called “Dobby.” This assistant can control different devices and services using simple voice or text commands.