Peter Steinberger

OpenClaw: 335K+ GitHub stars in 60 days; joined OpenAI Feb 2026

Austrian builder who created OpenClaw — the fastest-growing open-source AI agent framework, surpassing React on GitHub in 60 days. Built in November 2025 as a personal experiment, it went viral globally with 335K+ GitHub stars. OpenClaw moved to an open-source foundation. Steinberger joined OpenAI in February 2026 to build the next generation of personal agents.

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OpenClaw⚡ acquiredAI

The fastest-growing open-source AI agent framework — 180,000+ GitHub stars, foundation of the entire Molt ecosystem

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OpenAI (Personal Agents)● activeAI

Building the next generation of personal AI agents at OpenAI

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Peter Steinberger ships openclaw/fs-safe for filesystem safety in Node apps

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CodexBar 0.24 is live with new features and fixes

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imsg 0.6 and 0.7 are live with new features

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