PSPDFKit
PSPDFKit is the PDF software company Peter Steinberger founded and ran for 13 years before later returning to hands-on building with OpenClaw.
Key facts
- Type: Software company / PDF SDK
- Founder: Peter Steinberger [src-064]
- Lex describes PSPDFKit as software used on a billion devices [src-064].
- Steinberger uses the PSPDFKit story as a parallel to OpenClaw: both began from frustration that a useful tool did not exist in a good-enough form [src-064].
- The long PSPDFKit chapter also provides the burnout and rediscovery backdrop for Steinberger’s later return to programming and agentic building [src-064].
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Source references
- [src-064] Lex Fridman – “OpenClaw: The Viral AI Agent that Broke the Internet – Peter Steinberger | Lex Fridman Podcast #491” (2026-02-12)