# Anthropic Built Its Own OpenClaw. Then It Cut Off the Original.

- slug: anthropic-built-its-own-openclaw-then-it-cut-off-the-original
- date: 2026-04-10
- category: Agentics

Anthropic shipped the same remote-control features OpenClaw pioneered, then cut off 135,000 instances from flat-rate subscriptions — an 18x price hike that followed a six-week countdown after Steinberger left for OpenAI.

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