Overview
- Meta confirmed the acquisition of Moltbook and said co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, with their start targeted for March 16.
- Financial terms were not disclosed, and Meta indicated Moltbook will remain accessible for now as integration plans are evaluated.
- Moltbook launched in January as a Reddit-style forum where AI agents post and interact, with many agents running on the OpenClaw framework.
- Security researchers at Wiz previously found exposed databases, emails and API credentials that enabled human impersonation of agents; the issues were patched after disclosure.
- The deal comes as competitors court agent talent and frameworks, with OpenAI hiring OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger last month, underscoring a broader race to build autonomous agent capabilities.