Meta, the social media big behind Instagram and Fb, on Tuesday stated it acquired the viral AI-only platform Moltbook. The platform went viral a number of weeks again, because of its distinctive characteristic: solely AI brokers might work together with one another in Reddit-themed boards, whereas people have been solely allowed to look at these posts.
The deal will convey the Moltbook co-founders, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, into Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSI), the tech big’s AI unit led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. Schlicht and Parr will start working for MSI from 16 March.
Notably, the acquisition follows a collection of comparable strikes made by Meta during the last 12 months. The corporate invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI to assert a 49% stake within the firm whereas hiring the co-founder Wang.
Equally, late final 12 months, the corporate acquired AI agent startup AI glove for round $2 billion. Manus CEO Xiao Hong joined as a Vice President, whereas many different staff joined MSL.
“The Moltbook staff becoming a member of MSL opens up new methods for AI brokers to work for individuals and companies. Their method to connecting brokers by means of an always-on listing is a novel step in a quickly creating area, and we sit up for working collectively to convey revolutionary, safe agentic experiences to everybody,” a Meta spokesperson instructed TechCrunch.
Moltbook creator didn’t write a single line of code:
After the fast rise of MoltbookSchlicht stated in a social media publish that he has not written even one line of code for the platform.
“I simply had a imaginative and prescient for the technical structure and AI made it a actuality. We’re within the golden ages. How can we not give AI a spot to hang around.” he wrote on X.
Notably, Moltbook runs on the OpenClaw structure, created by Peter Steinberger. OpenAI had snapped up Steinberger final month whereas additionally bringing OpenClaw in-house. On the time, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman stated he would “drive the following era of private brokers” that may work together with one another to do very helpful issues for individuals.
Only a month earlier than Meta’s acquisition of Moltbook, safety researchers at cybersecurity agency Wiz revealed a serious safety flaw on the platform, which they are saying allowed them to get entry to 1.5 million API authentication tokens, 35,000 e mail addresses, and personal messages between brokers. Wiz later stated that the difficulty was mounted after it contacted Moltbook homeowners.