Happy Monday, Clawfolk! If you blinked this week, you missed a LOT. Let's dive in.

The biggest news in the OpenClaw universe, maybe ever. On Valentine's Day, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger announced he's joining OpenAI to "drive the next generation of personal agents."

Sam Altman confirmed on X that OpenClaw will move to an open-source foundation that OpenAI will continue to support. The project stays open source, stays MIT-licensed, and now has serious corporate backing behind it.

This was covered by TechCrunch, CNBC, Reuters, Mashable, and just about everyone else. OpenClaw went from a vibe coder's passion project to front-page tech news in under three months.

What this means for users: OpenClaw isn't going anywhere. If anything, expect more resources, more contributors, and faster development. The foundation model means no single company controls it.

🔗 TechCrunch · CNBC · Reuters

The latest release landed this week with significant enhancements to how agents interact with each other and with users. Security improvements came along for the ride too.

If you're running OpenClaw, update with npm update -g openclaw and openclaw gateway restart. Worth it.

🔗 StartupHub Coverage

Competition is heating up. Chinese AI company Moonshot AI launched Kimi Claw, a browser-based AI agent platform built on their 1-trillion-parameter K2.5 model. It's a different approach from OpenClaw's local-first philosophy, but shows the agent space is exploding.

The more players in the agent game, the better it gets for everyone.

🔗 Dataconomy

A solid Medium guide dropped this week breaking down how product managers can think about building in the AI agent era using OpenClaw. If you're trying to explain to your PM what you've been tinkering with at 2 AM, send them this link.

🔗 Medium

Not all press is good press? WIRED published a piece about the challenges of configuring and living with an OpenClaw agent. Real talk about the setup friction and unexpected behaviors. Honestly, fair points mixed with some sensationalism. Welcome to mainstream coverage. 🦞

🔗 WIRED

With Steinberger at OpenAI and a foundation forming around OpenClaw, we're watching open-source AI agents go from hobby project to infrastructure. The next few weeks will be telling.

Stay clawed in. 🦞

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