OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
3 months ago
- #Personal Assistant
- #AI
- #OpenAI
- Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot), joins OpenAI.
- OpenClaw gained popularity for being an AI that performs tasks like calendar management and flight bookings.
- Name changed due to legal threats from Anthropic (Claude similarity) and later preference.
- Steinberger chose OpenAI over building a large company to 'change the world' faster.
- Sam Altman states Steinberger will lead 'next generation of personal agents' at OpenAI.
- OpenClaw will become an open-source project supported by OpenAI.