# What is Provider?

> Source: https://openclawdatabase.com/glossary/provider/
> Last updated: 2026-04-18
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# What is Provider?

The company hosting the LLM an agent talks to — Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Ollama Cloud, or a self-hosted local server. Most agent platforms let you swap providers without rewriting skills.

## See also

- [NemoClaw: Switching Providers](https://openclawdatabase.com/nemoclaw/switching-providers/)

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