{"podcast":{"title":"Lex Fridman Podcast","slug":"lex-fridman-podcast","podcast_index_feed_id":745287,"rss_url":"https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://lexfridman.com/","image_url":"https://lexfridman.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/artwork_3000-230.png","author":"Lex Fridman","episode_count":497,"summary":"Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast"},"episode":{"title":"#491 – OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger","slug":"491-openclaw-the-viral-ai-agent-that-broke-the-internet-peter-steinberger","published_at":"2026-02-12T03:10:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/491-openclaw-the-viral-ai-agent-that-broke-the-internet-peter-steinberger","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast","url":"https://lexfridman.com/peter-steinberger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peter-steinberger","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/ins.blubrry.com/takeituneasy/lex_ai_peter_steinberger.mp3","summary":"Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that’s the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep491-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/peter-steinberger-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback – give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA – submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring – join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other – other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: Peter’s X: https://x.com/steipete Peter’s GitHub: https://github.com/steipete Peter’s Website: https://steipete.com Peter’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steipete OpenClaw Website: https://openclaw.ai OpenClaw GitHub: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw OpenClaw Discord: https://discord.gg/openclaw SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Perplexity: AI-powered answer engine. Go to https://perplexity.ai/ Quo: Phone system (calls, texts, contacts) for businesses. Go to https://quo.com/lex CodeRabbit: AI-powered code reviews. Go to https://coderabbit.ai/lex Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex Blitzy: AI agent for large enterprise codebases. Go to https://blitzy.com/lex Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (03:51) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (15:29) – OpenClaw origin story (18:48) – Mind-blowing moment (28:15) – Why OpenClaw went vi…","meta_description":"Peter Steinberger is the creator of OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that’s the fastest-growing project in GitHub history. Thank you for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":null,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lex-fridman-podcast/episodes/491-openclaw-the-viral-ai-agent-that-broke-the-internet-peter-steinberger/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lex-fridman-podcast/491-openclaw-the-viral-ai-agent-that-broke-the-internet-peter-steinberger.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}