Moltbook's creators, Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr, will join Meta's Superintelligence Labs.

Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, has bought Moltbook, a social media networking platform for artificial intelligence (AI) bots to speak to each other. The deal will move Moltbook's team into Meta's Superintelligence Labs and bring "new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses",

Meta Platforms’ latest artificial-intelligence acquisition is a social-media network — but for AI agents, not people. On Tuesday, Axios reported that Meta META had acquired Moltbook for an undisclosed price.

Meta on Tuesday said it agreed to acquire Moltbook, a social media platform designed for AI agents that launched earlier this year, the latest acquisition by the Facebook parent as it ramps up AI spending to compete with Alphabet and OpenAI.

The deal brings Moltbook CEO Matt Schlicht and COO Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company's AI unit launched last year. "The Moltbook team joining MSL opens up new

Meta made a statement in the AI landscape with its latest acquisition, Moltbook, a social network that’s pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. The tech giant has swooped in and bought the AI social hotspot.

The company said today it has agreed to buy a startup called Moltbook, which is an experimental social media platform that was built specifically for autonomous artificial intelligence agents. It has been described as a bot-only version of Reddit.

Moltbook creators Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will also reportedly join the tech giant’s AI research unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL). Launched in late January, Moltbook has a similar design to Reddit,