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Peter Steinberger

Creator of OpenClaw and "Clawfather" of the foundation, continuing to steward the project, OpenClaw Foundation

  • Creator of OpenClaw and "Clawfather" of the foundation, continuing to steward the project, OpenClaw Foundation431
  • Works on agents (since February 2026); leads the Claw Labs team, OpenAI124

Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source, self-hosted AI assistant that is now stewarded by the independent OpenClaw Foundation, where Steinberger holds the title "Clawfather". Since February 2026 Steinberger has worked at OpenAI on agents, and the foundation describes Claw Labs as a team inside OpenAI that Steinberger leads. Steinberger previously founded PSPDFKit, now Nutrient.1234

At a glance

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Creator of OpenClaw and "Clawfather" of the foundation, continuing to steward the project +1 more
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Career

Steinberger founded PSPDFKit, a company now known as Nutrient. Since February 2026 Steinberger has worked at OpenAI on bringing agents to a general audience, and Steinberger's GitHub profile describes the role as working on agents while keeping OpenClaw open and independent.12

OpenClaw

OpenClaw is a self-hosted assistant whose gateway connects model providers, tools and messaging channels. Its README credits Steinberger and the community with building it, and the project's lore page records that the project took the name OpenClaw on 30 January 2026.35

In July 2026 Steinberger and Dave Morin, the foundation's chairperson, announced the OpenClaw Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that employs the core team and signs releases while the code stays under the MIT license. The announcement says Steinberger continues to make the project's technical calls.43

Work and contributions

  • OpenClaw Open-source code

    Created OpenClaw; the project README says it was built by Steinberger and the community, and Steinberger's own site describes Steinberger as the person who made it.31

Timeline

  1. The project Steinberger created took the name OpenClaw.5
  2. Joined OpenAI to work on agents.1
  3. Co-authored the announcement of the OpenClaw Foundation with Dave Morin.4

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Founder, PSPDFKit (now Nutrient)12

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References

5 sources · profile reviewed Oct 22, 2026 · data updated Oct 22, 2026

  1. Peter Steinberger — AboutPeter Steinberger · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  2. steipete (Peter Steinberger) on GitHubGitHub · Official page · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  3. openclaw/openclaw READMEOpenClaw (GitHub repository) · Repository · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  4. Introducing the OpenClaw FoundationOpenClaw · Announcement · published Jul 8, 2026 · accessed Oct 22, 2026
  5. OpenClaw documentation — LoreOpenClaw · Documentation · accessed Oct 22, 2026