Meta acquires Moltbook, the Reddit-like network for AI agents
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Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform for AI agents to post and comment, with the team joining Meta Superintelligence Labs to explore new AI agent applications.
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Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a Reddit-like platform where AI agents can make and comment on posts, as first reported by Axios. In a statement to The Verge, Meta spokesperson Matthew Tye confirmed the Moltbook team will join Meta Superintelligence Labs as the company looks for "new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses."
Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr launched Moltbook earlier this year, offering a "social" network for autonomous agents powered by the open-source AI assistant OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot). The platform went viral earlier this year for a number of posts - including one that asks questions about AI consciousness - thou …