Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company’s founders into its AI research division. The deal will bring Moltbook co-founders Matt Schlicht and Ben Parr into Meta Superintelligence Labs, the unit led by Alexandr Wang, former Scale AI CEO, which Meta purchased for $14.8bn. Meta did not disclose financial terms of the deal. Schlicht and Parr are expected to begin at Meta Superintelligence Labs on 16 March.
14.8…BILLION! FOR A WEBSITE WHERE BOTS TALK TO EACH OTHER!
says a lot about what they want to do with facebook and instagram.
Nothing, Forever: Silicon Valley Edition
Ahh yes, the cynical and grim circle jerk of AI investment continues unabated.
Meta never acquired my VR Mansion. It was super cool.
Dafuq
