OpenClaw Foundation Officially Launched, Tencent and OpenAI Among First Partners

The open-source personal AI agent project OpenClaw has announced that its non-profit foundation, the OpenClaw Foundation, is now officially operational. OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant that runs on users' devices, capable of accessing emails, calendars, chat tools, and local applications to directly complete tasks on behalf of users. The foundation will be responsible for the governance, funding, community, and long-term maintenance of OpenClaw, ensuring that the project remains open-source and independent. OpenClaw will continue to operate under the MIT license, with Peter Steinberger remaining in charge of project direction and technical decisions. The first batch of partners includes OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, the University of Michigan, GitHub, Cloudflare, Vercel, and Chinese company Tencent, which is primarily involved in security, deployment, and infrastructure support.