Welcome to the TechBrewrite Home for Monday, February 16th,

2026. I'm Brian McCullough today. OpenClawe's creator is joining OpenAI, but the OpenClaught

project lives on. The AI-caused memory shortage might delay the next PlayStation.

Is the Pentagon about to cut ties with Anthropic, and Vitalik Buteran is growing concerned with the

prediction markets. Here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

Peter Steinberger, the creator of OpenClaugh is joining OpenAI, quote, to drive the next generation

of personal agents. OpenClaugh itself will remain open source, quoting the verge. Sam Altman

announced on X that Peter Steinberger, the man behind the trendy AI agent OpenClaugh was joining

OpenAI. He said that Steinberger has, quote, a lot of amazing ideas about getting AI agents

to interact with each other, saying the future is going to be extremely multi-agent.

He also said that this ability for agents to work together will quickly become core to our product offerings.

OpenClawe, previously known as MaltBot and ClawedBot, exploded on the scene earlier this year and became the darling of the tech world.

Its rise was swift,

but not without its bumps along the way. Earlier this month, researchers found over 400

malicious skills uploaded to Claw Hub. It also launched MaltBook, a social network where AI

agents went to complain about their humans, debate the provability of consciousness, and discuss

the need for a private place to exchange ideas.

And then it was immediately infiltrated by humans.

In a post on his personal site, Steinberger said that joining OpenAI would allow him to achieve his goal of bringing AI agents to the masses without the headaches of running a company.

He explained, quote, I could totally see how OpenClaugh could become a huge company,

and no, it's not really exciting for me. I'm a builder at heart. I did the whole creating a company

game already, pouring 13 years of my life into it, and learned a lot. What I want is to change the

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