Today the agent space crossed from interesting to strategic. OpenAI hired the founder of OpenClaw and acquired the company, reportedly in a multibillion-dollar deal. The project itself will continue under an independent open-source foundation supported by OpenAI.
That structure matters.
This wasn’t just a talent hire.
It was a bet on the future of AI agents as a core product category.
Here is Sam Altman’s post. Keeping an eye on how this moves forward.
