OpenClaw Creator Gets Big Offers to Acquire AI Sensation—Will It Stay Open Source?
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by Jose Antonio LanzFebruary 15, 2026
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.
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Originally published on Decrypt on 2/15/2026