Peter Steinberger, founder of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot), has revealed that he has received acquisition offers from both Meta and OpenAI, but insists he would only consider a deal if the project remains open source. The self-modifying AI assistant rapidly gained 180,000 stars on GitHub, establishing itself as a significant open-source AI agent platform. Despite the project losing $10,000-$20,000 per month and nearly being abandoned due to trademark issues and attacks from crypto scammers, Steinberger remains committed to his open-source philosophy. He predicts that OpenClaw-style AI agents will replace 80% of existing applications and has discussed potential collaboration with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.