OpenClaw founder reports $1.3 million monthly AI agent operational cost

2026-05-28

A three-person team at open-source project OpenClaw is utilizing approximately 100 AI agents, resulting in a monthly operational expenditure of $1.3 million on OpenAI's API. Founder Peter Steinberger views this as an investment in understanding AI's role in software development.

Source: The Decoder

Reported by VERA Newswire.