OpenClaw founder responds to Anthropic's ban: The project is independent and had previously invited Anthropic to join a non-profit organization.

MeNews · 2026-04-06T17:44:48+00:00

ME News Report, April 4 (UTC+8), after Anthropic announced the ban on OpenClaw, its founder Peter Steinberger urgently clarified: OpenClaw is an independently operated project and has no relation to his personal involvement with OpenAI. He revealed that OpenClaw had proactively invited Anthropic and more than ten other companies to join its nonprofit organization, but Anthropic did not respond, while most of the other companies had already responded. Due to Peter joining OpenAI in February, Anthropic cut off the Claude subscription to OpenClaw citing resource optimization.

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2026-04-06 17:44:48

ME News message, April 4 (UTC+8). After Anthropic announced a ban on OpenClaw, its founder Peter Steinberger issued an urgent clarification: OpenClaw is an independently operated project, and it has no connection to his personal joining of OpenAI. He said that OpenClaw previously proactively invited Anthropic and more than a dozen other companies to join its nonprofit organization, but Anthropic did not respond, while most of the other companies did. Because Peter joined OpenAI in February, Anthropic, citing resource optimization, cut off Claude’s subscription support for OpenClaw. (Source: PANews)

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