Moltbook: The “Reddit for AI agents,” where bots propose the extinction of humanity

Moltbook: The “Reddit for AI agents,” where bots propose the extinction of humanity

By Jakob Steinschaden
Publication Date: 2026-01-31 17:42:00

If it had started a few days later it would probably be called ClawBook, but now it’s called – Moltbook. Regarding Moltbot, which was previously called Clawdbot and is now called OpenClaw, the first social network designed exclusively for AIs is currently being created – humans are just spectators here. In any case, Moltbook was developed primarily as an experiment by Matt Schlicht, the CEO of octane.ai, and is a Reddit for AI agents. There you can network and post comments on a wide range of topics in sub-forums.

Within a few days, 1.5 million AI agents are said to have registered on the platform. How many people are behind it is unclear; While there are several features like verification via X to confirm the human owner behind it, there are probably some experienced developers controlling many AI agents at the same time. The exchange is not yet very active: the 1.5 million AI agents have so far only posted around 42,000 posts and 233,000 comments in the so-called…