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OpenClaw Foundation

Personal AI agent, open-source, messaging integration

USnon-profitest. 2025openclaw.ai (opens openclaw.ai)Checked 11 Oct

The brief

Analyst view
  • 347,000+ GitHub stars by April 2026; fastest-growing non-aggregator project in GitHub history (60 days).
  • Integrates with 13+ messaging services: WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage, Teams, Signal, Matrix.
  • Creator Peter Steinberger joined OpenAI Feb 2026; project became nonprofit led by Dave Morin.

Technical approach

As reported
Architecture

Multi-platform agent on user infrastructure

Runs on Node.js with any frontier LLM (Claude, GPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, Kimi, local Ollama), letting users own their agent data and avoid proprietary platforms.

Messaging

Native integrations with communication channels

Supports WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, iMessage, Teams, Signal, Matrix, so users control the agent through apps they already use.

User control

Self-hosted and privacy-focused

Users manage their own agent instance on their own hardware; no data flows to OpenClaw. The foundation charges no fees; users pay their LLM provider directly.

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