Zuckerberg spent a week testing OpenClaw and sent detailed feedback to its creator

Before OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger chose OpenAI, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally spent a week using OpenClaw and sent detailed feedback. On Lex Fridman's podcast, Steinberger said OpenAI lured him with compute power and infrastructure while Meta's pitch was more personal. Steinberger ultimately chose OpenAI because they shared his vision for multi-agent AI. He said he chose a lab over VC funding because "building a company would take time away from building" and could create conflicts with the open-source project.

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