OpenAI hires OpenClaw's founder

Welcome back, Superhuman. When Peter Steinberger's AI assistant ClawdBot went viral, Anthropic sent lawyers, forcing him to rebrand the project twice. OpenAI took a different approach: they just hired him to lead their next generation of personal agents. Steinberger went from launch to a sort of acquisition in just 8 weeks.

Today: OpenAI hires OpenClaw’s founder, how to create McKinsey-grade industry reports with Kimi K2.5, and get the latest prompts and trending social posts.

TODAY IN AI

1. OpenAI hires the founder of viral AI assistant OpenClaw: Peter Steinberger, the developer behind the viral personal AI assistant OpenClaw has joined OpenAI to work on its next generation of personal agents. The assistant (previously named Clawdbot, then Moltbot after Anthropic threatened legal action) has gained a massive following for its ability to automate routine tasks. In a blog post, Steinberger said he could have turned OpenClaw into a major company, but views building at OpenAI as "the fastest way to bring this to everyone." The project will move to a foundation and remain open source, with OpenAI sponsoring development.

2. Exa launches "the fastest web search engine in the world": AI search startup Exa released Exa Instant, a new search tier that delivers results in under 200ms — faster than Google and up to 15x faster than competing search APIs. The speed matters less for humans and more for AI agents, where search is just one step in a larger workflow. If a deep research agent makes 50 search calls and each one is 200ms faster, that's 10 seconds saved. Most search APIs are slower because they wrap Google's results under the hood, which alone takes 700ms+. Watch the launch video here.

3. Simile raises $100M to build an AI lab that anticipates human decisions: Simile, a Stanford spinout, emerged from stealth by announcing $100M in funding to continue developing its AI model that anticipates human behavior. The model lets users run hypothetical scenarios or ask questions and then gain insight into how those scenarios might play out. Simile describes its tech as a way to "rehearse consequential choices" before pushing them to the real world. The launch video has gone viral with over 2M views.

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FROM THE FRONTIER

Many companies are slashing entry-level roles because of AI — but IBM is tripling down

Tripling down on talent. 37% of companies plan to replace entry-level roles with AI, but IBM is doing the exact opposite. The tech giant recently announced it's tripling U.S. entry-level hiring in 2026 — across every department. But these aren’t the same roles as last year.

Rethinking entry-level roles. In response to AI, IBM is overhauling how its junior employees work. Instead of assigning new hires to mundane tasks that AI can now automate, the company is placing them in strategic, customer-facing roles that it doesn't trust AI to handle.

It’s a long-term talent arbitrage play. IBM’s chief human resources officer believes that slashing early-career hiring saves money today, but will create a mid-level manager shortage in 3 to 5 years. When that hits, companies will be forced to poach externally — which is costlier, slower, and harder to integrate. IBM is locking in tomorrow's leaders, today.

The contrarian bet. IBM is betting big that humans (especially younger, more tech-savvy employees) will still matter in an AI world. And the strategy passes the logic test: if AI makes employees more productive, wouldn’t you want to have more supercharged employees on your team?

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How to create McKinsey-grade industry reports with Kimi K2.5

• Go to Kimi and sign up

• Select ‘Kimi 2.5 Agent’ as your model and enter your prompt

Sample Prompt: Build a “2025 Global Robotics Leaders, Technology Roadmap Comparison” report. Analyze 12 top robotics companies (humanoid, industrial, logistics). Compare: hardware stack, actuation & reducers, sensors, AI architecture (end-to-end vs modular), autonomy level, manufacturing scale, and supply-chain control. Include: Technology Comparison Matrix, AI Capability Scorecard, Supply Chain Map, and a 2x2 Quadrant Chart positioning companies. Insert each company’s official logo in company profiles and in the quadrant visualization. Style: Institutional equity research report with clean tables and strategic graphics.

• Within a few minutes, you’ll get a Word file with consulting-level data visualization, technical heat-maps, and strategic frameworks

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IN THE KNOW

What’s trending on socials and headlines today

🤑 Money Management: These 10 prompts turn Claude into a personal finance pro — potentially replacing your budgeting app.

🦞 TinyClaw: An AI researcher just dropped TinyClaw, a smaller version of OpenClaw that’s more stable and easier to deploy.

🧠 Deep Think: Gemini Deep Think generated a real-time 3D WiFi radar that’s going viral with 11K likes.

🖥️ Website Prompts: These 9 Claude and Figma prompts can help you build a website more quickly and easily. 

📊 Made Up Data: A post is going mega viral (3.4M views) after a user discovered their AI tool had been generating made-up analytics data for 3 months.

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PROMPT STATION

High-Converting Landing Page Copy

Prompt: Act as a professional copywriter with expertise in direct response and digital marketing, Write a high converting landing page for a product or service: in a [your niche, e.g., online coaching, SaaS tool, digital templates] industry.
The purpose of the landing page is to [goal - e.g., collect leads, sell a product, book discovery calls).
Include the following sections:
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• A compelling sub headline
• A short, engaging hook to introduce the offer
• A bullet list of 4-6 benefits (not features)
• A strong call-to-action section with button text
• A short "About the Creator" bio to build trust
• A section that addresses common objections or hesitations
• Optional: A 2-line customer testimonial
Keep the tone [desired tone: friendly/ professional / bold], and make the writing persuasive, easy to scan, and emotionally compelling.
Use simple language and formatting that converts well on mobile.

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Cinematic Motion Photography

NanoBanana Prompt: Cinematic motion-blur photography shot on a Leica SL3 with a 50mm summilux at f/2.8, captured from a chest-level frontal angle using slow shutter panning. Lighting setup: flat overcast daylight acting as soft diffusion, allowing long blur trails without harsh contrast. Color tone: muted concrete greys and pale skin neutrala inspired by A24 films. Subject: a Gen-Z male model standing completely still, sharp eyes, symmetrical face, real skin pores visible, wearing understated fashion. Crowd action: hundreds of commuters rushing past in all directions, bodies stretched into smooth horizontal and diagonal blur. Emotion: quiet rebellion through stillness. Aesthetic: editorial calm vs chaos. Post : clean motion physics, fine grain, no glitches, no face distortion, no warped--ar 4:5 --raw anatomy.

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