Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform designed for artificial intelligence agents. The deal will bring Moltbook's co-founders, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, into Meta's AI research division, Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Moltbook, a Reddit-like site where AI-powered bots exchange code and gossip about their human owners, was launched as a niche experiment in late January. It has since become central to debates about how close computers are to achieving human-like intelligence. The acquisition signals an intense race among tech giants to secure AI talent and technology as autonomous agents move toward becoming the next industry frontier.
However, Moltbook's rapid rise also brought security concerns. Cybersecurity firm Wiz identified a major flaw that exposed private messages, over 6,000 email addresses, and more than a million credentials. Wiz stated the issue was resolved after contacting the site's owners.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed Moltbook as a likely passing fad but acknowledged the underlying technology offers a glimpse of the future. Meanwhile, Anthropic's chief product officer Mike Krieger noted that most people are not yet ready to grant AI full autonomy over their computers. Schlicht, who built Moltbook using his own AI assistant, has championed 'vibe coding', claiming he 'didn't write one line of code' for the site.
