[screye]

TBPN, OpenClaw and Astral - that's 3 high profile acquisitions in a month. I smell a PR push to be seen as the 'good guys'.

I don't buy it. The leaked emails and actions of OpenAI's leadership point to a cynical growth machine.

The winner of this AI cycle will fund the lobbies that decide the politics of the future. OpenAI gives me a 'must escape the permanent underclass' energy. Not the energy I want from possibly the most influential people of the near future.

[delfinom]

They are busy funding age verification lobbying already

https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/01/openai-ai-kids-safety-coal...

[a_victorp]

They are probably preparing for an IPO

[charcircuit]

OpenClaw was not acquired. The creator of it was hired by OpenAI, but OpenClaw is still independent.