--- title: OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future | daily.dev description: Peter Steinberger announces he's joining OpenAI to work on AI agents while transitioning his OpenClaw project to a foundation structure. OpenClaw will remain... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-openai-and-the-future-fgkmn5jmb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future | daily.dev og:description: Peter Steinberger announces he's joining OpenAI to work on AI agents while transitioning his OpenClaw project to a foundation structure. OpenClaw will remain... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-openai-and-the-future-fgkmn5jmb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fgkmN5JmB.png og:image:alt: OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 2 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Peter Steinberger announces he's joining OpenAI to work on AI agents while transitioning his OpenClaw project to a foundation structure. OpenClaw will remain open source and independent, with OpenAI sponsoring the project. The decision came after exploring various opportunities and meeting with major AI labs in San Francisco. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@konradpsiuk** · 0 upvotes > OpenClaw is essentially 'run-forever-token-wasting' loop. A perfect solution (one of many, actually) for money problems that Sam Altman is trying to desperately utilise. I was thinking about any good comparison, but I can't land on any. The closest one I can think of is to start the EC2 and leave it running, doing nothing. You get nothing from it, yet it will drain your credit card. One could argue that OpenClaw can do so much, and yeah, fair point, but summarising this with all the security issues that it has, it is probably even worse than abandoned EC2. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [OpenAI grabs OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-grabs-openclaw-creator-peter-steinberger-2btvsgykh) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI](https://daily.dev/posts/peter-steinberger-joins-openai-uno27m8ra) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-openai-and-the-future-fgkmn5jmb) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-openai-and-the-future-fgkmn5jmb","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/openclaw-openai-and-the-future-fgkmn5jmb"},"datePublished":"2026-02-15T22:49:07.672Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T18:20:07.613Z","description":"Peter Steinberger announces he's joining OpenAI to work on AI agents while transitioning his OpenClaw project to a foundation structure. 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