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OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI, Project Moves to Foundation

On Feb 15, 2026, Sam Altman announced Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI to drive next generation of personal agents. OpenClaw transitions to independent open-source foundation with OpenAI funding. Steinberger turned down Meta. MIT license unchanged.

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A plugin that adds persistent cross-session memory and skill-learning to OpenClaw without requiring a fork or migration to Hermes

Hermes Agent overtook OpenClaw on OpenRouter (224B vs 186B daily tokens) because it remembers across sessions and builds skills from experience. OpenClaw loses context on every restart unless you wire it up yourself. 1.27M weekly npm installs means millions of OpenClaw users want persistent memory but do not want to migrate their entire agent stack. This plugin adds a local vector store, session summarization, and skill extraction that persists across restarts, giving OpenClaw users the learning-loop advantage without switching platforms.

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OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI (TechCrunch)

OpenClaw creator joining OpenAI (CNBC)

OpenClaw, OpenAI and the future (steipete.me)

gh:steipete · 2/15/2026

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0A GitHub App that enforces AI agent contribution policies, detects bot-authored PRs, and blocks retaliatory behavior after maintainer rejection 0A local-first sales automation framework that turns OpenClaw agents into autonomous SDRs with prospecting, enrichment, sequencing, and deal tracking running entirely on your machine 0A runtime middleware that verifies messaging channel user identities against platform-native stable IDs before any command reaches an OpenClaw agent

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