Ben Cera, founder of autonomous AI platform Polsia, explains why his initial competitive paranoia regarding rival open-source project OpenClaw subsided after its creator joined OpenAI.
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“It was paranoia that actually was unfounded because he sold to OpenAI, and, like, they're not really doing anything with it.”
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