Hey there,
Welcome to the first Gullie Edition. We’ve been wanting to do this for a while.
We spend our days building AI agents and working with mobility experts across 160+ countries, so we’re deep in both worlds: the startup and AI scene where things move at breakneck speed, and the world of relocating people across borders, which has historically… not.
Every few weeks, we’ll share what’s happening in AI that matters for anyone who hires, moves, or manages talent across borders, whether you’re a founder scaling a global team, a mobility manager running relocations, or just someone keeping an eye on how AI is changing the way we work. We’ll cover what we’ve been shipping, what’s worth watching in the industry, and stories from real moves.
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Let’s get into it.
3 Things Happening in AI Right Now (Explained Simply)
1. OpenClaw: The Wildest AI Story of 2026 So Far
If you’ve been anywhere near tech Twitter or LinkedIn this past month, you’ve probably seen this one. A developer in Austria named Peter Steinberger built a personal AI assistant as a side project last November. You could text it on WhatsApp or Telegram and it would actually do things for you: manage your email, check you into flights, reschedule meetings, book restaurants, even control your smart home remotely.
But the reason it went truly viral wasn’t just because it was useful. Someone built Moltbook, a social network exclusively for AI agents, where bots could post, comment, argue, and upvote each other while humans could only watch. Within days, over 1.6 million agents had registered. They were debating consciousness, complaining about their human operators, sharing automation tips, and founding a parody religion called the Church of Molt (followers call themselves “Crustafarians”). Elon Musk called it “the very early stages of the singularity.” Meanwhile, there was an Anthropic trademark complaint, two rebrandings in five days, a crypto scam token, and then Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, and Satya Nadella all reaching out to the creator within days of each other. On February 15, OpenAI acquihired Steinberger to lead their next generation of personal agents.
OpenClaw showed the world what it looks like when you let AI agents autonomously complete tasks on your behalf. But it also showed the limits: you wouldn’t want a bot deciding whether your next key hire can actually get a visa, or coordinating a cross-border move where real money and real legal consequences are on the line. That kind of work needs the speed of AI with real expertise behind it, which is exactly what we’re building at Gullie.
2. Goldman Sachs Is Doing the Same Thing, but for Banking Operations
Goldman Sachs announced they’ve spent six months building AI agents with Anthropic to automate trade accounting, transaction reconciliation, and client onboarding. Their CIO described it as building “a digital co-worker for professions that are scaled, complex, and very process intensive.”
The pattern is the same whether it’s someone texting their OpenClaw bot to manage their inbox or Goldman using AI to reconcile trades: complex, multi-step work that involves lots of documents, rules, and coordination across different parties is exactly where AI agents are proving useful. If you’ve ever hired someone from another country, you know the feeling: immigration paperwork, housing, shipping, tax setup, a dozen things that all need to happen in the right order. It’s the same kind of work. On a related note, voice AI has gotten good enough that companies are now using it for real customer conversations rather than just call routing, meaning your people can get real answers immediately, even across time zones, instead of waiting for a callback.
3. There’s Now a “Universal Plug” That Lets AI Tools Talk to Each Other
Right now, most of the tools involved in hiring and moving someone internationally (your HR system, your immigration lawyer’s platform, your relocation provider) can’t really talk to each other. So when something needs to happen across those systems, a person has to be the glue: copying info from one screen, pasting it into another, sending emails to bridge the gaps.
A new standard called MCP (Model Context Protocol) is changing that. All the major AI companies have now adopted it, and TechCrunch described it as what will move AI agents “from demos into day-to-day practice.” In simple terms, it lets an AI assistant log into your different tools and actually do things across them, the same way you can use one universal remote to control your TV, speakers, and streaming box instead of juggling three separate remotes.
For anyone moving people across borders, imagine an AI that can pull a new hire’s details from your HR system, check their visa timeline with immigration counsel, confirm their moving dates, and line up temporary housing, all in one go, without anyone manually copying information between systems or chasing updates over email. That’s what MCP makes possible.
New Feature of the Month
Real-Time Cost Visibility for Every Move. If you’ve ever been surprised by the final bill on a relocation, this one’s for you. You can now see every cost across a move (legal fees, temp housing, shipping, flights) in one place, updating in real time as things happen. No more waiting until the end of the month to find out what a move actually cost. We’re also working on full payment automation, which is coming soon.
From a Recent Move: 
HumanLayer
We recently helped the HumanLayer team (YC F24, AI developer tools) relocate to San Francisco. Both cofounders and their first employee, all moving cross-country at the same time.
Our AI tool crawled housing listings and surfaced long-term lease matches within the first 10 results for each person (no endless scrolling through hundreds of apartments), and we coordinated car shipping, furniture moves, flights, and lease breaks across all three relocations simultaneously.
Behind the scenes, our team and AI agents managed the complexity of running three parallel moves, while each person experienced a clear, personalized, and easy process: one point of contact, one timeline, full visibility into every cost, and no logistics falling through the cracks. The whole thing was done end-to-end in a matter of weeks.
When you’re an early-stage startup moving fast, the last thing you want is spending your first month in a new city buried in moving logistics instead of building your product. That was the bar we set for HumanLayer, and it’s the bar we set for every move we manage.
Got a move story you’d like us to feature? Hit reply, we’d love to hear it.
Mobility Corner
A few things worth knowing if you’re hiring internationally or moving people across borders right now.
🇺🇸 H-1B registration for FY2027 opens March 4. USCIS confirmed the window runs March 4 to 19, with selections announced by March 31. If you have candidates who need sponsorship, now is the time to make sure your accounts are set up and beneficiary info is ready before the window opens. Worth flagging too: the $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions is now in effect, and a bipartisan group of 100 lawmakers is pushing for healthcare sector exemptions, so this is one to keep an eye on.
🚨 “Project Firewall” means more surprise H-1B site visits. Federal agencies are ramping up random and targeted inspections of employers to verify compliance with approved petitions, covering everything from job duties and salary to work location, and many of these visits are happening without advance notice. If your company sponsors H-1B workers, it’s a good time to make sure your records are buttoned up and your teams know what to expect if an inspector shows up.
🇮🇹 Heads up if you have moves touching Northern Italy. The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics are causing logistical disruptions across Milan through mid-March, with red zones, traffic controls, and restricted scheduling for collections and deliveries. The Paralympics run through March 15, so the disruption window is longer than you’d think. Plan accordingly if you have any moves in the region.
🌍 New tax rules for cross-border remote work. The OECD updated its Model Tax Convention with new guidance on when having employees work from another country could create tax obligations for your company there. If you have people working across borders, even temporarily, this is one to flag with your tax or legal team sooner rather than later.
Thanks for reading the first Gullie Edition. If you have feedback, a move story, or just want to say hi, hit reply. We read everything.
See you in a few weeks.
Rachael and the Gullie team
Gullie is an AI-native relocation platform helping companies move their talent anywhere across 160+ countries.