Gate News: On March 16, the GitHub Sponsors page for open-source AI agent framework OpenClaw shows that OpenAI and Baidu are listed as top sponsors. Tencent Light Cloud also appears among the 144 active sponsors, with an additional 65 historical sponsors for the project.
Baidu Open Source Office officially announced sponsorship of OpenClaw on GitHub on March 13, becoming the first major Chinese tech company to support the project through GitHub Sponsors. Baidu also plans to integrate its PaddleOCR document parsing capabilities into the OpenClaw ecosystem as a skill. Tencent Light Cloud joined as a sponsor on March 15. Previously, Tencent SkillHub’s redistribution controversy had strained relations between the two parties. OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger commented on Discord when sharing sponsorship news, “I like good redemption stories.” OpenAI’s sponsorship coincided with Steinberger joining OpenAI in February. The OpenClaw project is transitioning to an independent foundation, with OpenAI continuing to provide funding support.
Among individual sponsors, Path founder, early Facebook executive, and venture capital firm Slow Ventures founder Dave Morin has become the first board member of the OpenClaw Foundation. He previously co-hosted the ClawCon event in February. OpenAI developer experience lead Romain Huet also appears on the sponsors list as an individual; he was previously interviewed by Steinberger on the Builders Unscripted podcast.
The sponsorship page clearly states: Founder Peter Steinberger does not retain any sponsorship funds. 100% of the funds flow back to the community, used to reward contributors who submit code and fix bugs, as well as support upstream open-source projects that the project depends on. Sponsorship levels range from $5 to $500 per month across 8 tiers.
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