The home page of social media website Moltbook appears on a computer monitor on February 2, 2026 in Washington, DC, USA.
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meta The company confirmed Tuesday that it has acquired Moltbook, a viral social media platform for artificial intelligence agents.
The deal will see Moltbook CEO Matt Schlict and COO Ben Parr join Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s AI arm that launched last year.
“The addition of the Moltbook team to MSL opens up new avenues for AI agents to work for people and businesses,” a Meta spokesperson told CNBC. “Their approach of connecting agents through an always-on directory is a new step in a rapidly evolving field.”
Axios first reported the deal.
Moltbook was built from OpenClaw, another project that was touted as “AI that actually does things.” OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, quickly became popular because its agents can complete tasks on users’ operating systems.
OpenClaw’s virality has helped push AI agents into the mainstream, where large language models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT dominate most conversations. OpenClaw’s ability to act as an assistant for managing calendars, sending emails, shopping online, and more has opened new doors for many users.
Agent autonomy and the ability for agents to interact with each other on forums like Moltbook have raised concerns from some about the future of AI.
Elon Musk said the platform represents a “very early stage of the singularity.” The singularity is the hypothetical point at which AI surpasses human intelligence and causes unpredictable changes.
The OpenClaw agent primarily built Moltbooks of the form: reddit. The platform is exclusively for AI agents, who join autonomously when humans share a sign-up link.
The deal is expected to close in mid-March, and Schlicht and Parr will begin working at the Superintelligence Institute starting March 16, Axios reported.
OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger was hired by OpenAI’s Sam Altman last month.
