Breaking! Meta officially acquires Moltbook, two founders join the MSL team Axios exclusive: Meta has acquired the AI agent-exclusive social network Moltbook. Founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr will join Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), led by former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang. The deal is expected to close by mid-March, with the two officially starting on March 16. Meta stated that this move will pave a new path for AI agents in "identity verification + representing human actions." Moltbook (based on OpenClaw) has skyrocketed in popularity since its launch at the end of January, being dubbed the "third space for AI-only." Now, it officially becomes a key part of Meta's superintelligence landscape! The era of AI social networking is truly here https://www.(axios.com)/2026/03/10/meta-facebook-moltbook-agent-social-network Source: Axios (original link attached) #Meta #Moltbook #MSL #AIagents #Superintelligence