OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger is joining OpenAI
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Source: The Verge (AI)February 15, 2026
Summary
Peter Steinberger, the founder of OpenClaw (an AI agent, which is an AI system designed to complete tasks autonomously), has joined OpenAI. Sam Altman stated that Steinberger's expertise in getting multiple AI agents to work together will become important to OpenAI's future products, as the company believes the future will involve many agents collaborating.
Classification
Attack SophisticationModerate
AI Component TargetedAgent
Affected Vendors
OpenAI
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Original source: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/879623/openclaw-founder-peter-steinberger-joins-openai
First tracked: February 15, 2026 at 08:49 PM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%