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Ritoban Mukherjee

Everything you need to know about Moltbook, the 'Reddit for OpenClaw agents' that got acquired by Meta

Moltbook.

Moltbook had a strange few weeks. It launched on January 28, 2026, went viral almost immediately with screenshots suggesting bots were plotting against their human owners, attracted millions of registered users, suffered a serious security breach, and got acquired by Meta — all before the end of February.

If you've been following the OpenClaw ecosystem, and find yourself wondering what that whole story was actually about, here's what we know.

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