OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger Credits Boris Cherny (Claude Code CTO) Amid Anthropic Subscription Bans for OpenClaw Usage

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A 165-upvote r/ClaudeAI post documents OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger publicly crediting Boris Cherny, revealed as CTO of Claude Code, while Anthropic reportedly bans subscriptions for OpenClaw usage. The post also surfaces Cherny's backstory — formerly homeless, sleeping in his car before becoming Claude Code CTO — adding human interest to the ongoing OpenClaw ecosystem tension between open-source tooling and platform vendor policies.