Mick Hodgins

18 Feb 2026OpenClaw Joins OpenAI, Legora Eyes $6B, Netherlands Tax Unrealised Gains

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Mick Hodgins (Notion): EMEA Hubs, Enterprise Push & AI Agents

Hodgins explains Notion's new hubs in London, Munich and Paris, the shift from product-led to sales-led growth, and why winning EMEA matters given 80% of users are outside the US. He says AI was serendipitous for Notion—50% of ARR came from AI products last year, doubling in 12 months—and describes thousands of internal custom agents, customer use cases like a governance-loop agent at a French e-commerce company, and how tech-native versus enduring enterprises approach AI differently.

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News: OpenAI Hires OpenClaw's Peter Steinberger

The hosts dig into the FT story that OpenAI hired Peter Steinberger, creator of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot/Moltbot), calling it one of Anthropic's biggest fumbles after its cease-and-desist over the name forced a rebrand. They cover Sam Altman's announcement that Steinberger will drive "the next generation of personal agents," the project's ~195k GitHub stars, and how the narrative swung between OpenAI and Anthropic.

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