OpenAI Acquihires the OpenClaw Guy

OpenAI acquires Peter Steinberger to build multi-agent systems while keeping OpenClaw open source. Smart play.

OpenClaw is becoming a foundation, staying open and independent even as its founder joins OpenAI.

Codex weekly users tripled since January, quietly becoming the breakout product of early 2026.

Codex handles all the boring stuff so well that it actually changes what you're ambitious enough to build.

OpenClaw's PR queue grew by 400 commits in one day. Someone should build AI tooling for overwhelmed open source maintainers.

Codex failed a big migration that Opus handled easily. Different models excel at different tasks, so use both.

Peter's building automation to auto-block replies containing game-changer or the real unlock. The hero we need.

A pre-seed company already has a board, legal team, 16 employees, and the cofounder owns 2%. Wild.

EnterpriseClaw would be Java 21, Spring Boot, and AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryAgentClawResponseHandlerBeanDefinitionRegistryPostProcessorImpl.java. Actually do this.

Claude's new Cowork plugins give AI specialized knowledge for hard tasks, basically GPTs but built for agents and way more scalable.

Ron Conway's typo called it a wealth taxi as founders flee California over the proposed wealth tax. You gotta respect it.

Prompting god mode comes from studying where AI breaks, not just where it works. More time with tools beats any guide.

Go up one layer of abstraction might be the best prompt add-on for building agents in months.

Deep Blue is the new term for that existential dread developers feel when LLMs get really good. Perfect name.

Don't build in public, document what you learn in public. Subtle difference, huge impact.

AI doesn't make building easier, it makes it more complex by exposing fuzzy thinking. It amplifies confusion instead of punishing it.