OpenClaw Newsletter

Trending on X

• Peter Steinberger joining OpenAI: OpenClaw founder announces he's joining OpenAI to bring agents to everyone as OpenClaw becomes an independent foundation. 5,132 total engagement (2,566 retweets) [TRENDING]
• Alex Finn on OpenClaw tech: Video claims OpenClaw is "the best AI technology ever seen" gaining significant traction in Thai AI community. 572 total engagement (286 retweets) [TRENDING]
• Trading revolution claims: Evan Luthra declares OpenClaw will revolutionize trading, calling it "a whole new era" with excited community response. 420 total engagement (210 retweets) [TRENDING]
• New beta with Telegram integration: Latest OpenClaw beta focuses on security fixes but adds Telegram message streaming capabilities. 268 total engagement (134 retweets) [TRENDING]
• Breaking founder news: Financial news outlet confirms Peter Steinberger, known as "ClawdBot," officially joining OpenAI team. 200 total engagement (100 retweets) [TRENDING]

Releases

• openclaw v2026.2.15 - Discord Components v2 adds rich interactive prompts with buttons, selects, modals, and file blocks for native Discord integration. Release
• openclaw v2026.2.15-beta.1 - Beta release with same Discord Components v2 features for early testing. Release
• openclaw npm package v2026.2.15 - Updated multi-channel AI gateway with 909k weekly downloads. npm
• openclaw-cli v2026.2.15 - Homebrew formula updated with 1,768 installs in last 30 days. Homebrew

Project Stats: 198,617 stars (+28k from last report), 34,913 forks, 627 contributors across 6,525 open issues.

Community

• dangoldbj adds SimpleX messaging support — Secure P2P messaging channel with CLI backing, media support, and invite links. [HOT: 36 engagement, 18 comments]
• kiranjd brings Sarvam TTS/STT providers — Adds support for regional Indian languages with SOTA accuracy, making OpenClaw accessible for non-English speakers. PR #14086
• phani-D implements dynamic thinking routing — Pre-analyzes message complexity to set optimal Claude thinking levels before API calls, improving response quality. PR #15264
• sazora identifies critical failover bug — HTTP 5xx provider errors don't trigger model failover, leaving users stuck during outages instead of switching providers. Issue #8112
• battman21 fixes compaction failures — Resolves "Summary unavailable due to context limits" by properly passing model context and reducing chunk ratio to 0.25. PR #17864

News

• "OpenClaw is changing my life" [TRENDING] - Personal experience blog post detailing how OpenClaw transformed the author's workflow and productivity - 337 points, 511 comments
• Ask HN: Real OpenClaw users sharing experiences [TRENDING] - Community discussion thread where actual users share their real-world OpenClaw experiences and setups - 121 points, 189 comments
• OpenAI acquires OpenClaw [HOT] - Sam Altman announces OpenAI's acquisition of the OpenClaw project and team - 49 points, 25 comments
• Multi-project autonomous development guide - Practical tutorial on using OpenClaw for software development across multiple projects, covering what actually works in practice - dev.to
• Browser automation safety best practices - Security-focused guide on safely automating browsers with OpenClaw, covering credential handling and risk management - dev.to