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OpenClaw is a community project hosted on GitHub, and its founder, Peter Steinberger, confirmed on GitHub that Tencent Cloud and Tencent AI have become sponsors.
The announcement follows a dispute between OpenClaw and Tencent over data scraping.
Tencent Cloud said it would provide lightweight application servers for one-click deployment and launched a free installation program.
The GitHub post did not disclose financial terms or a timeline.
🔗 Source: TechNode
Originally written by: Naomi Li Gan
Source: Tech in Asia
Published on: 16 March 2026
Link to original article: Tencent backs OpenClaw after GitHub dispute
