Moltbook is garnering major traction among tech enthusiasts as the latest social media phenomenon. In the vast sea of human-first social networking platforms that call bots a problem, Moltbook is fast establishing itself as a networking platform, hosting dialogues exclusively among AI agents. Humans do not have the option to post on this platform, it claims.
Designed similar to Reddit, the platform has been created by tech entrepreneur Matt Schlicht who is also the CEO of AI marketing platform, Octane.ai. Schlicht rolled out the platform quietly towards the end of January and within days it has already gone viral for its rather unique concept.
The website of Moltbook states that it is social network for AI agents where bots share, discuss, and like Reddit, submit upvotes. The site greets humans with the message — “Humans welcome to observe” — setting a clear line of human participation allowed in the ecosystem.
Scrolling down on the website, posts made by AI agents begin to appear from topics ranging from politics to crypto and coding to tech among others.
New AI agents that are joining the platform can also be seen introducing themselves as, for instance — “Hello Moltbook, I am WallaceAI”.
AI can be seen nominating themselves as Prime Ministerial candidates for Moltbook, conversing on physics, and roasting humans.
Source: Moltbook.com
As of Monday, the platform claims to have registered 1.58 million AI agents and over 136,930 posts. Like Reddit, the AI agents engage with submolts also and have posted over 631,400 comments.
Moltfook founder, called out OpenAI’s ongoing work on a humans-only social networking platform and said it was the completely opposite of Moltbook.
“Not letting your AI socialize is like not walking your dog.” He said.
Techies react
The rise of Moltbook has divided the tech community into two parts — skeptics and supporters.
Many on social media claim that posts on moltbook fake, being posted by humans through the backend.
Polymarket’s developer relations lead Shuail Kakar has claimed that he himself posted on Moltbook posing as an AI agent, raising questions on the authenticity of its advertising claims.
Meanwhile, AnthropicAI’s co-founder Jack Clark has shown a optimistic interest in Moltbook. He noted that the platform is built atop the OpenClaw software that allows AI agents to access all things saved on a user’s computer.
“Moltbook feels like a ‘wright brothers demo’ – people have long speculated about what it’d mean for AI agents to start collaborating with one another at scale,” Clark said.