OpenClaw's $1.3 Million Monthly AI Tab: A Glimpse into the Future of Software Development
OpenClaw, an open-source project, is leveraging 100 AI agents to build software, with a staggering monthly bill of $1.3 million, and the founder believes the cost is justified by the potential to revolutionize software development. This approach raises questions about the future of software development and the role of AI in it.
A three-person team led by Peter Steinberger keeps about 100 Codex instances running for the open-source project OpenClaw, driving OpenAI API spend to $1.3 million a month. Steinberger frames the bill as a research investment: he wants to see what software development looks like when token costs don't matter. The article For $1.3 million a month, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger runs 100 AI agents that code, review PRs, and find bugs appeared first on The Decoder.