OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Says He Spent $10 Million on Tokens Last Month
Summary
Peter Steinberger, OpenClaw's creator and an OpenAI staff member, says he spent roughly $10 million on tokens last month, money he says comes from investors. He said it at Cloudflare Connect 2026 in San Francisco. Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht noted few developers have such a budget.
Key Points
- Steinberger tells Cloudflare Connect attendees "not all of that is useful" about his token spending.
- Knecht asks whether open source faces death or a golden age as maintainers stop accepting pull requests over AI slop.
- Steinberger proposes a second agent that grants or denies permissions to your primary agent.