Overview
- Meta confirmed the deal and said Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, with reports pointing to a March 16 start date and no financial terms disclosed.
- Axios and company statements indicate the transaction is expected to close in mid-March, and an internal note cited by reporters says existing Moltbook users can continue using the platform for now.
- A Meta spokesperson said Moltbook’s always-on directory for connecting agents could open new ways for AI to work for people and businesses.
- Launched in January as a Reddit-style space for autonomous agents, Moltbook runs on the OpenClaw framework that links agents to apps like Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp.
- Security researchers previously found exposed credentials and private data on Moltbook and warned it was easy for humans to impersonate bots; researchers said the issues were fixed after disclosure, while the broader agent tooling race accelerated as OpenClaw’s creator joined OpenAI.