people · May 18, 2026
OpenClaw Creator Faces Roast Over $1.3 Million Monthly Token Spend Subsidized by OpenAI
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Peter Steinberger faces criticism for spending over $1 million per month on OpenAI tokens for OpenClaw. The spend is subsidized by OpenAI after Steinberger joined the company in February 2026. Comments on X, YCombinator, and LinkedIn argue the funds could support dozens of full-time engineers instead. OpenClaw reached 346,000 GitHub stars in under five months. The project has 3.2 million active users and 44,000 ClawHub skills.
Spend governor blocked model creation: provider_circuit_open (lane=dev, provider=together)