What did Peter Steinberger say at TED 2026?

Steinberger recounted how a WhatsApp bot built during a trip to Marrakesh became one of the fastest-growing open-source projects in history, closing with: The lobster is loose and it is not going back into the tank.

When was the OpenClaw TED talk?

Peter Steinberger delivered his TED 2026 keynote in April 2026 at TEDAI Vienna.

Who created OpenClaw?

Peter Steinberger, a retired Austrian engineer, created OpenClaw (originally Clawdbot) in November 2025.

What is the OpenClaw TED talk about?

How AI agent infrastructure crossed into mainstream, with real-world examples of non-programmers building businesses with OpenClaw, including a 60-year-old father who automated his brewing rig.

Where can I watch the OpenClaw TED talk?

Available on ted.com and YouTube, also syndicated through the TED Talks Daily podcast.

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Peter Steinberger TED 2026 Keynote: OpenClaw Creator Takes Global Stage

OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger delivers TED 2026 keynote recounting how a WhatsApp bot built during a trip to Marrakesh became the fastest-growing open-source project in history. Talk syndicated via TED Talks Daily podcast. Closing line: The lobster is loose and it is not going back into the tank.

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A web dashboard that visualizes how OpenClaw dreaming promotes short-term signals into durable memory, showing exactly what was kept, merged, or discarded and why

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OpenClaw v2026.4.9 introduced REM backfilling that replays historical daily notes through a dreaming pipeline into durable MEMORY.md entries. The feature is powerful but opaque. Users have no visibility into which facts were promoted, which were discarded, or why the dreaming phase made specific consolidation decisions. As OpenClaw memory becomes auditable infrastructure rather than a pile of notes, operators need a way to trace and debug the entire promotion chain from raw note to durable fact.

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