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’s Moltbook acquisition may look odd at first, but the deal could signal how Meta sees AI agents shaping future advertising and commerce on an agentic web.

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",

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,