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- Meta has acquired Moltbook, the viral, Reddit-style forum for AI agents.
- Moltbook's creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs.
- It comes after Peter Steinberger, the creator of Openclaw, joined OpenAI after also being courted by Mark Zuckerberg.
Mark Zuckerberg couldn't score OpenClaw's creator, but he has scooped up the guys behind Moltbook.
On Tuesday, Meta confirmed it had acquired Moltbook, a Reddit-style forum for AI agents. As part of the deal, first reported by Axios, Moltbook's creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs.
"The Moltbook team joining MSL opens up new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses," a Meta spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider. "Their approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory is a novel step in a rapidly developing space, and we look forward to working together to bring innovative, secure agentic experiences to everyone."
Alexandr Wang, Meta's chief AI officer, runs its AI lab and has overhauled its efforts in the space since the company invested $14 billion in Scale AI to poach him amid the heated AI talent wars.
Moltbook, a social network of sorts for AI agents, is designed to run alongside OpenClaw, the popular open-source AI agent that has taken off among techies. Mark Zuckerberg, who attempted to recruit OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger, was ultimately unsuccessful in his pursuit, as Steinberger joined OpenAI. Steinberger has said OpenClaw will continue to operate.
Meta did not disclose a price for its Moltbook deal.
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