Meta Acquires Moltbook, Expands into AI Agent Social Networking Sphere
Sourced from 6 publications
- •Meta has acquired Moltbook, a social network for AI agents, which recently went viral.
- •Moltbook was created by Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr using the OpenClaw software.
- •Schlicht and Parr will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs following the acquisition.
- •The terms of the deal have not been publicly disclosed.
- •Meta aims to find new applications for AI to benefit individuals through this acquisition.
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