OpenClaw debuts OCE, an open-source control plane for enterprise AI agents, with OpenAI and Red Hat piloting

OpenClaw, the open-source AI agent framework, has released OpenClaw Enterprise (OCE), a vendor-neutral, MIT-licensed control plane for deploying persistent AI agents with centralized security, permission, auditing and infrastructure management.

OCE adds multi-tenancy, fine-grained permissions, workload isolation, sandboxing and audit capabilities, as well as LLM-based review of agent actions. The underlying components are replaceable, allowing companies to bring their own models, agent harnesses or sandbox implementations instead of adopting a vertically integrated stack. The platform can be self-hosted with Docker Compose for local development and Kubernetes for production deployments.

The project originated inside OpenAI and was later donated to the OpenClaw Foundation, where it is developed with contributions from Red Hat and Nvidia. OpenAI and Red Hat are already piloting the platform internally. RJ Marsan, a member of OpenAI's technical staff, said OpenAI is running persistent OpenClaw agents with access to its codebases and plugins; an internal enterprise agent called Androidclaw can investigate broken builds, identify relevant pull requests, trace product issues and prepare or merge fixes.

Red Hat, a founding member of the OpenClaw Foundation, plans to bring OCE requirements into its AI platform, including multi-tenant execution, identity-based tool filtering and OpenShell-based isolation. Nvidia has developed OpenShell, an open-source runtime that places autonomous agents in isolated environments with deny-by-default permissions and audit trails.

OpenClaw says OCE will remain free and open source, with a 1.0 release planned later in 2026 and a reference architecture to be published.