OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI
Published: (February 15, 2026 at 05:56 PM EST)
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Source: The Verge
Source: The Verge
Announcement
Sam Altman announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the creator of the AI agent OpenClaw, is joining OpenAI. Altman said Steinberger has “a lot of amazing ideas” about getting AI agents to interact with each other, adding that “the future is going to be extremely multi‑agent.” He also noted that this ability for agents to work together will “quickly become core to our product offerings.”
OpenClaw background
OpenClaw, previously known as Moltbot and Clawdbot, exploded onto the scene earlier this year and quickly became a darling of the tech world. Its rise was swift, though not without bumps. Earlier this month, researchers found over 400 malicious …
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