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OpenClaw founder Steinberger joins OpenAI, open-source bot becomes foundation

Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI to scale OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent with 196,000 GitHub stars and 2 million weekly users, aiming to accelerate personal AI agents development.

  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the creator of viral AI agent OpenClaw is joining the company, and the service will become an open source project supported by OpenAI.
  • OpenClaw has spread quickly in China and can be paired with Chinese language models and messaging apps, though some researchers are concerned about potential cyberthreats from users tweaking it.
  • Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaw, said his 'next mission is to build an agent that even my mum can use' as he joins OpenAI to 'drive the next generation of personal agents.
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Peter Steinberger has ascended to Tech-Olympus with the development of AI agent OpenClaw. Now OpenAI has secured its services. There the Austrian still has great plans. One goal: to build an AI agent "which my mother can use."

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Peter Steinberger reported that he joined OpenAI in a publication on his blog at the end of the week

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Austrian Peter Steinberger created the IA OpenClaw agent platform, which has been popular over the past few weeks. "It's a genius with amazing ideas for the future of the agents," says Sam Altman.

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With his AI agent OpenClaw, Austrian Peter Steinberger has caused a stir in recent weeks. Also with the ChatGPT developer OpenAI. His boss Sam Altman has now personally announced that Steinberger is hiring at OpenAI. "Peter Steinberger is strengthening OpenAI and will drive forward the next generation of personal assistants. He is a genius with many fascinating ideas for the future of intelligent agents who interact with each other and provide v…

·Vienna, Austria
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OfficeChai broke the news in on Sunday, February 15, 2026.
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