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Y Combinator

Peter Steinberger: What Happens When 4.7 Million People Let It Cook

2026-08-10 · 4 company · 5 thematic
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peter steinberger

Software developer who came out of retirement to build AI tools. Created OpenClaw, an open-source personal AI agent that runs locally on the user's computer and has gone viral with 160k+ GitHub stars. Previously built projects like Vibe Tunnel and Summarize CLI.

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“I also need to give Nvidia a special shout out because they were very early and they simply asked me what I need. And then they sent people to take over much of their security work.”
—peter steinberger
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