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# Peter Steinberger

## Profile

Developer and inventor of OpenClaw, an open-source agent project. Cited by the speaker as having recently been hired by OpenAI — used as evidence of how rapidly the autonomous agent space is mainstreaming and consolidating talent at the major labs.

## Role in This Source

Mentioned briefly near the opening as a signal of industry momentum. He is not quoted directly, but his hiring is a data point in the speaker's framing of why an open, user-owned memory layer matters *now* rather than later.

## Cross-References

- Industry context referenced in the introduction to [[concept-open-brain-d22]].