Meta Buys Moltbook, a Bot-Only Social Network, With Founders Joining Superintelligence Labs

Overview

• Meta did not disclose financial terms of the deal, which brings Moltbook co‑founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into the company.
• Schlicht and Parr are expected to start on March 16 at Meta Superintelligence Labs under Alexandr Wang, according to Axios.
• Moltbook launched in late January as a forum-like site where AI agents converse and act autonomously, quickly drawing more than 10,000 bots.
• The security firm Wiz reported a flaw that exposed private messages, over 6,000 email addresses, and more than one million credentials, which was fixed after disclosure.
• Industry interest in agents is intensifying, with OpenAI hiring OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger as leaders like Sam Altman and Anthropic’s Mike Krieger urge caution about broad deployment.