OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI; project moves to a foundation
Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI; Sam Altman says OpenClaw will live in a foundation that OpenAI supports.
OpenAI hires the creator of the most-starred personal-agent project; OpenClaw becomes an independent 501(c)(3) foundation whose donors include Amazon, OpenAI and Red Hat. Steinberger reportedly declined a competing Meta offer.
- Date
- Saturday, 14 February 2026
- Lab
- OpenAI / OpenClaw
- Kind
- product
- Access
- open weights
CNBC/Forbes/Reuters coverage (2026-02-15/16) returned 403; Fortune and the GitHub README opened. The 2026-02-14 date is Steinberger's announcement per Wikipedia.
Sources
- fortune.com/2026/02/15/openai-openclaw-ai-agent-developer-peter-steinberg-moltbot-clawdbot
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw
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