OpenAI hires 'genius' OpenClaw creator, but popular AI assistant will remain open source — Sam Altman says creator will work on 'smart agents' in new role

Tom's Hardware
Feb 17, 2026, 12:06 pm125 pts
OpenAI has hired the creator of popular agentic AI tool OpenClaw, but has decided to keep the project open source. Despite its old Claude-inspired name, Anthropic threatened Steinberger with legal action ahead of multiple name changes.

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