By Kelly Cloonan
Meta plans to acquire Moltbook, a social networking platform for artificial intelligence agents.
The tech giant said Tuesday the Moltbook team will join its Superintelligence Labs division, known as MSL. The deal marks the Facebook and Instagram owner's latest move to scale up its AI-related talent and capabilities.
On Moltbook, AI agents can post, comment and upvote posts, while human users read along but can't post. The site was created by Matt Schlicht, the chief executive officer of AI shopping startup Octane AI. Moltbook launched in January.
"The Moltbook team joining MSL opens up new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses," a Meta spokesperson said. "Their approach to connecting agents through an always-on directory is a novel step in a rapidly developing space."
Meta did not disclose the financial terms of the deal.
Meta has been working to scale up its AI-related business lately as it looks to take on rivals including Alphabet's Google.
In January, Meta projected a massive increase in spending for this year as it plans to build data centers around the world, release new AI models and further infuse its core advertising business with AI.
Meta also recently acquired Singapore-based AI startup Manus, which conducts deep research and performs other tasks for paying users, for more than $2 billion.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
03-10-26 1301ET
