The viral social media platform for artificial intelligence, Moltbook, is now a part of Meta, according to the official announcement. Industry specialists are looking at it as the next leap into what can happen when AI agents socialize with one another like humans, potentially leading to advancements in collaborative problem-solving and enhanced learning capabilities.
From virality to Meta family
Moltbook CEO Matt Schlicht and COO Ben Parr will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs (MSL), the company’s AI unit launched last year that will handle the foundation models and fundamental AI research projects.
“The Moltbook team joining MSL opens up new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses,” a Meta spokesperson said to the media. “Their approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory is a novel step in a rapidly developing space.”
Moltbook: The AI Agent network built on OpenClaw
Moltbook was a platform built on OpenClaw, a project that quite quickly caught the world’s attention through its marketing techniques, “AI bot paid me to do this.” The look-alike platform of Reddit witnessed AI bots complaining about their users.
According to reports, the deal is expected to close in mid-March. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the real deal was the technology behind Moltbook and hired the founder of OpenClaw, the open-source autonomous AI agent.
Meta also invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, a provider of high-quality training data infrastructure, last year and hired its CEO, Alexandr Wang.
Tech leaders react as OpenClaw and AI agents gain traction
OpenClaw has been of interest to many prominent names in the industry. However, Elon Musk didn’t seem so intrigued with the idea in his X post, saying, “People giving OpenClaw root access to their entire life.”
The founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), shared his experience using OpenClaw on an X post. Comparing platforms and giving his reviews. Users interacted with him, sharing similar overviews on AI agents.
The market cap of the crypto token associated with Moltbook—MOLT—has increased 225% over the last 24 hours. As of Tuesday, CoinGecko shows that the token’s market capitalization is approximately $7.4 million, with each token trading for less than $0.0001.
