OpenAI allows you to log in to OpenClaw with ChatGPT account and paid subscription

OpenAI has announced that users can now Login to OpenClaw directly with your ChatGPT accountso that they can use their subscription to the agentic AI services platform to carry out their tasks more easily.

OpenClaw, launched as Clawdbot and later renamed Moltbot, became popular in a matter of days for its ability to control all functions of a computer, such as a agent at the service of the user capable of carrying out any task.

However, after making a name for himself in the sector, OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger announced in February his Joining the OpenAI development teamso the startup became a foundation and has continued to operate openly and independently, supported by Sam Altman’s company.

Now, OpenAI has announced that the Users can log in to OpenClaw directly using their own account for AI assistant ChatGPTas Altman himself has shared in a publication on the social network X.

you can sign in to openclaw with your chatgpt account now and use your subscription there!

happy lobstering.

— Sam Altman (@sama) May 1, 2026

In this way, users can access all OpenClaw features with the same account and take advantage of your paid subscription on ChatGPTusing this same subscription on the agentic AI platform.

With this, it allows Use the advanced capabilities of your models latest generation in ChatGPT for boost OpenClaw’s wide variety of options which, like an AI agent, can execute all types of tasks directly on the computer, even controlling sessions started in the web browser, reading and editing in the file system, among other skills.

This decision by OpenAI is contradicts Anthropic’s positionwhich announced in early April that it was ending the option to use its assistant Claude’s subscriptions in third-party tools like OpenClaw.

At the time, he alleged that the subscriptions “were not designed for the usage patterns of these third-party tools“and they were handling Claude’s lawsuit. However, they do allow the use of their AI models with OpenClaw through their paid API.

It is worth remembering that, despite the popularity that Clawdbot has gained among users, the fact that it has access to the entire computer can pose a risk to cyberattacks or extensions that conceal ‘malware’.