The company behind OpenClaw
OpenClaw Foundation
OpenClaw is stewarded by the OpenClaw Foundation, a US 501(c)(3) non-profit that employs its core team and signs its releases. The software is free and MIT licensed with no paid version; the Foundation is funded by donations from companies, a university and individual GitHub sponsors.
openclaw.aiRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.
OpenClaw at a glance
- Founded
- 2026
- Based in
- Remote-first, with a team distributed across the world
- Ownership
- Nonprofit
Who runs OpenClaw
The people OpenClaw Foundation names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.
OpenClaw funding
Funded by donations, not investment. The Foundation names Microsoft, NVIDIA, Offline Holdings, OpenAI, Red Hat and the University of Michigan, its largest donor, among its backers, and says 329 people and organizations sponsor OpenClaw through GitHub Sponsors. openclaw.orgopenclaw.ai
Company details
- Ownership
- Nonprofit. Stewarded by the OpenClaw Foundation, an independent US 501(c)(3) non-profit, which keeps the project MIT licensed. It says donors fund it but do not own or direct it; OpenAI is a donor and employs creator Peter Steinberger, and OpenClaw is not an OpenAI product. openclaw.ai
- Founded
- 2026 openclaw.ai
- Based in
- Remote-first, with a team distributed across the world openclaw.org
- Hiring
- 3 open roles, all in engineering (Forward Deployed Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Product Designer), plus a general application to its talent network openclaw.org
OpenClaw on social media and the web
- X (Twitter)x.com/openclaw
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-openclaw-foundation
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@OpenClawYT
- Instagraminstagram.com/openclaw_org
- TikToktiktok.com/@open_claw
- Redditreddit.com/r/openclaw
- Discorddiscord.com/invite/clawd
- GitHubgithub.com/openclaw/openclaw
Only accounts OpenClaw Foundation links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.
How to contact OpenClaw Foundation
The ways OpenClaw Foundation publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.
OpenClaw news and launches
- Oct 2, 2026Tencent AIG joins ClawScan
- Sep 29, 2026OpenClaw Enterprise - The Open Agent Platform
- Sep 21, 2026OpenClaw Completes Security Audit Through OpenAI's Patch the Planet Initiative
- Sep 3, 2026OpenClaw improves user onboarding with a new installer on macOS, plus easier local model setup for Windows NVIDIA RTX PCs
Media kit
The OpenClaw Foundation media kit
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Questions about OpenClaw the company
Who runs OpenClaw?
OpenClaw Foundation's pages name Peter Steinberger (Creator of OpenClaw), Dave Morin (Chairperson, OpenClaw Foundation), Vincent Koc (Chief Architect) and Mollie Anderson (Chief of Staff). None of them is named as chief executive on the pages read, as read on Oct 18, 2026.
Who founded OpenClaw?
Dave Morin is named as a founder of OpenClaw Foundation, which was founded in 2026.
How much funding has OpenClaw raised?
Funded by donations, not investment. The Foundation names Microsoft, NVIDIA, Offline Holdings, OpenAI, Red Hat and the University of Michigan, its largest donor, among its backers, and says 329 people and organizations sponsor OpenClaw through GitHub Sponsors.
What is OpenClaw's valuation?
No valuation was found in OpenClaw Foundation's announcements or in news reports, as read on Oct 18, 2026. Private companies usually do not publish one.
Who owns OpenClaw?
Stewarded by the OpenClaw Foundation, an independent US 501(c)(3) non-profit, which keeps the project MIT licensed. It says donors fund it but do not own or direct it; OpenAI is a donor and employs creator Peter Steinberger, and OpenClaw is not an OpenAI product.
Where is OpenClaw based?
OpenClaw Foundation gives its base as Remote-first, with a team distributed across the world.
Is OpenClaw hiring?
3 open roles, all in engineering (Forward Deployed Engineer, Member of Technical Staff, Product Designer), plus a general application to its talent network.
Is OpenClaw on social media?
OpenClaw Foundation links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Discord and GitHub. The links are on this page, taken from OpenClaw Foundation's own site.
Where this comes from
Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from OpenClaw Foundation’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.