A picture of Starcloud CEO Philip Johnston's engraved Mac Mini. Courtesy of Philip Johnston Sequoia handed out 200 engraved Mac Minis after its recent AI event. Apple's Mac Minis are among the preferred ways to run OpenClaw — and are in increasingly short supply. The Sequoia designer who engraved the computers told Business Insider about the engravings' meaning. Attendees at Sequoia's recent AI events received more than just the chance to have intimate conversations with leading voices in the field. Sequoia partner Alfred Lin personally purchased and gave out 200 custom-engraved, numbered Mac Minis on behalf of the VC firm to the event's attendees and speakers — the latest example of an AI status symbol . The compact Apple computer is one of the preferred ways of running OpenClaw , the open-source agentic AI tool that has taken the tech world by storm. Mac Minis have become increasingly hard to come by, too, with the base $599 model selling out on Apple's US website earlier this week.…