Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook

Meta announced the acquisition of Moltbook, a social network built exclusively for AI agents to post and interact, and hired its co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr. Financial terms were undisclosed. The platform had gained viral attention as a Reddit-like hub for agent interactions. It matters because the move positions Meta to develop ecosystems for autonomous agent collaboration beyond chatbots, aligning with industry shifts toward agentic AI systems.