Baidu sponsors the OpenClaw open-source project, becoming the first major Chinese tech company to support the 'Lobster' ecosystem.

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Release Time: 03/14/2026 06:06:00

Summary

On March 14, 2026, Baidu announced project funding, revealing it has sponsored the OpenClaw open-source project. This is the first time a major Chinese tech company has supported the 'Lobster' ecosystem. OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger reached out to Baidu the day before, proposing collaboration on both deployment and development. Baidu acted swiftly, finalizing the sponsorship on GitHub within 24 hours. The funds will be allocated entirely to community contributors and upstream projects. Baidu will also integrate its PaddleOCR into the OpenClaw ecosystem as a Skill. This announcement underscores Baidu’s commitment to open-source development.

BlockBeats news: On March 14, Baidu's Open Source Office announced on GitHub that it is sponsoring the open-source project OpenClaw, becoming the first large Chinese tech company to provide financial support to the project.

The previous day, OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger extended a collaboration invitation to Baidu on social media, encouraging it not only to deploy the project but also to support its development. Less than 24 hours later, Baidu completed its sponsorship on GitHub.

According to the announcement, OpenClaw’s sponsorship funds will be 100% allocated to community contributors and upstream open-source projects, including developers who submit code, fix bugs, and develop skill plugins. Meanwhile, Baidu will integrate its document parsing capabilities based on PaddleOCR into the OpenClaw ecosystem as a Skill, enabling developers to invoke it within Agent workflows.

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