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OpenClaw creator says he used $10 million in OpenAI tokens in a month
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger said he used an estimated $10 million in tokens in one month while working with OpenAI.
He made the claim at Cloudflare Connect in San Francisco, during a conversation with Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht.
Steinberger has worked with OpenAI on next-generation personal AI agents since February 2026.
He said cloud infrastructure has not caught up with AI needs and suggested more computing should happen in the cloud rather than on a user's computer.
Steinberger believes one AI agent could do tasks while another checks and limits its actions, making people more willing to trust them.
His claim drew attention because the token costs are paid by OpenAI, whose investors fund the company, and he expects AI agents to become a regular part of people's lives.
OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger said he used an estimated $10 million in OpenAI tokens in a single month.
He made the claim while speaking with Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht at the Cloudflare Connect 2026 conference in San Francisco.
Steinberger has been working with OpenAI on next-generation personal AI agents since February 2026.
Knecht noted that not all token use is useful.
Steinberger said AI infrastructure should move more computing to the cloud and described using separate agents to do work and check permissions.
- Who
- Peter Steinberger, creator of the OpenClaw AI agent platform.
- What
- He said he used an estimated $10 million in OpenAI tokens in one month to run AI workloads.
- When
- At Cloudflare Connect 2026; the exact date of his remarks is not stated.
- Where
- San Francisco.
- Why
- The tokens were used to run AI workloads. A more specific reason for the spending is not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Steinberger began working with OpenAI on next-generation personal AI agents.
Steinberger made his claim about using $10 million in tokens in a month while speaking with Dane Knecht in San Francisco.
- Creator
- Peter Steinberger
- Token spending
- Estimated $10 million in one month
- Platform
- OpenClaw
- Conference
- Cloudflare Connect 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
What people are saying
I feel like the main challenge a lot of people still have is that our infrastructure structure hasn't really caught up yet,
I think everyone will have some sort of intelligence that runs and thinks and helps them throughout the day or even predicts what could help you in the future.
You want to have another agent that can give it permissions or not and then this agent has to negotiate with another agent.
What people don't always understand is not all of that is useful.