Previously known as both Clawdbot and Moltbot, OpenClaw recently became a Silicon Valley darling, charming AI enthusiasts and investors eager to either embrace the bleeding edge or profit from it. The highly capable, web-savvy AI bot has even inspired its own AI-only (or mostly) social network.

OpenAI has secured Peter Steinberger, creator of the popular OpenClaw AI agent framework, in a significant talent acquisition. This move provides OpenAI with a ready-made open-source ecosystem and a globally distributed agent platform.

Peter Steinberger, the creator of the trending Moltbot (former Clawdbot) AI agent, talks to TBPN about how Anthropic contacted him to rebrand the project, which he named after Claw’d, the Claude Code mascot.

Chinese search engine operator Baidu plans Friday to start letting smartphone app users to directly tell OpenClaw AI to perform tasks.

Peter Steinberger's open-source AI agent OpenClaw hit 180,000 GitHub stars and spawned MoltBook chaos. Now Meta and OpenAI want to buy it, but he's determined to keep it free.

OpenAI has appointed Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw, to lead its next generation of personal agents. Sam Altman confirmed this on X, highlighting OpenClaw's potential as an open-source project that OpenAI will support.

The SwitchBot AI Hub is the first edge hub to feature integrated VLM capabilities. You can pair it with SwitchBot’s range of smart home security products, such as its Pan/Tilt Cam Plus 2K/3K cameras and Smart Video Doorbell. And it also works with compatible RTSP cameras.

OpenClaw, the AI assistant created by Peter Steinberger, attracted acquisition offers from Meta and OpenAI. Despite facing challenges like crypto scams, Steinberger insists on keeping the project open-source to maintain its integrity and impact.