Founder Joins OpenAI

Peter Steinberger will join OpenAI to develop the next generation of personal agents. He said the open‑source project will continue under a foundation backed by OpenAI. In his own blog post Steinberger explained that he’d rather change the world than build a company, and that partnering with OpenAI is the fastest way to bring agentic tools to everyone. He emphasised that the project will remain open source and be organised as an independent foundation.

WHAT I’VE BEEN DOING WITH OPENCLAW LATELY

I’ve been documenting the whole OpenClaw experiment on Instagram.

• Mac mini setup (clean + isolated): new Apple ID, keep it separate from personal accounts, Homebrew installed properly, Node v22+, gateway live, bot online.

• Stopping token burn while I sleep: Heartbeat checks can silently rack up tokens by reloading context/memory/chat. Fixes: set active hours, default to a cheaper model, and use /new after big tasks.

• Autopilot video editing: I send a YouTube link in Telegram → agent triggers Klap → gets clips scored, captioned, reframed vertical → I get links back on my phone.

• Uninstall cleanly: remove it without leftover services or surprise cloud charges.

• No Mac mini? I’ve tested it on a $200 micro PC (Ubuntu) and even an old Windows laptop with a clean setup.

• $0 cloud setup (no Mac mini needed): I ran OpenClaw on AWS Free Tier, used Gemini Flash as the default model, and controlled it via Telegram. Spin up a cloud computer, paste the install script, add your keys, and it’s live in minutes — then you name it, set a personality, and give it work. Mine even built a Notion Kanban board (tasks, statuses, descriptions) on its own. Comment “OPENCLAW” and I’ll send the step-by-step guide.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WITH OPENCLAW (RIGHT NOW!!!)

I’ve been scrolling X to see what everyone’s building with OpenClaw…
Or was that my OpenClaw assistant doing the research for me? 👀

• @Kimi_Moonshot – Kimi Claw (browser-native OpenClaw) 

  They embedded OpenClaw directly into kimi.com with 40GB cloud storage + 5,000+ community skills + live financial search. Basically OpenClaw as a browser OS.
  → Worth checking if you want OpenClaw without hosting your own box.

• @Sharbel – X Bookmarks Skill
  Built a skill that reads your X bookmarks, categorises them, extracts actions, and suggests what your agent should do next.
  → This is what “agentic workflow” actually looks like.

• @MatthewBerman – Full OpenClaw Stack Breakdown
  Shared a deep dive on how he uses OpenClaw for CRM, knowledge base, content pipeline, analytics tracking, HubSpot, automations, memory, backups, and more.
  → If you want to see someone running it at a serious level, this is it.

• @AlexFinn – 210+ hours using OpenClaw
  Claims more time logged than anyone else. Covers setup, VPS mistakes, security, real-world lessons.
  → Good for understanding what breaks when you scale it.

• @gregisenberg – “Vibe Marketing” Framework
  Codex/Opus to build. Claude to design. OpenClaw to run campaigns 24/7.
  → OpenClaw as your marketing operator, not just a coding assistant.

• @petergyang interviewing @steipete –
  Peter describing OpenClaw as “a weird smart friend that lives on your computer.”
  Flight check-ins, home security, personal automation.
  → Shows how personal agents replace entire app stacks.

• @KanikaBK – 1-page OpenClaw cheatsheet
  Because 800+ pages of docs is… a lot.
  → Bookmark-worthy if you’re actually building.

• @steipete – Personality tweak prompt
  A “rewrite your SOUL.md” prompt to make your OpenClaw opinionated, sharp, and less corporate.
  → Makes your agent feel less like HR and more like a person.