!["Peter [Steinberger] has done a really amazing job [with Openclaw]. I saw him recently and talked to him about it. He’s very humble about it, but I think he innovated simultaneously in five different ways and put it all together." - Andrej Karpathy - AI Guru, Former head of Tesla AI](https://i0.wp.com/globaladvisors.biz/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/20260322_18h30_GlobalAdvisors_Marketing_Quote_AndrejKarpathy_GAQ.png?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1 "20260322_18h30_GlobalAdvisors_Marketing_Quote_AndrejKarpathy_GAQ")
“Peter [Steinberger] has done a really amazing job [with Openclaw]. I saw him recently and talked to him about it. He’s very humble about it, but I think he innovated simultaneously in five different ways and put it all together.” – Andrej Karpathy – AI Guru, Former head of Tesla AI
Andrej Karpathy, former head of Tesla AI, recently praised Peter Steinberger’s work on OpenClaw, stating: “Peter has done a really amazing job with OpenClaw. I saw him recently and talked to him about it. He’s very humble about it, but I think he innovated simultaneously in five different ways and put it all together.”
This endorsement aligns with broader recognition of Steinberger’s achievement. OpenClaw is an open-source agentic AI framework that functions as an autonomous digital assistant running on local machines, capable of managing emails, controlling web browsers, and completing workflows through messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram.
Steinberger’s project has achieved remarkable growth: by early February 2026, OpenClaw surpassed 145,000 GitHub stars and recorded peak traffic of 2 million visitors in a single week. Sam Altman, OpenAI’s founder, also called Steinberger a “genius with a lot of amazing ideas.”
In February 2026, Steinberger announced he was joining OpenAI while committing to move OpenClaw into an independent, open-source foundation to preserve its community-driven roots and “local-first” architecture, which allows users to maintain personal data in simple Markdown files rather than corporate cloud storage.
References
2. https://hanselminutes.com/1036/the-rise-of-the-claw-with-openclaws-peter-steinberger
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcwK1Uuwc0U
5. https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFjfBk8HI5o
