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TNB Tech Minute: Meta to Acquire AI Agent Social Media Platform Moltbook
10 Mar 2026
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Here's your afternoon TNB Tech Minute for Tuesday, March 10th. I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal. Meta plans to acquire Moldbook, a social networking platform for AI agents. The tech giant said Tuesday the Moldbook team will join its Superintelligence Labs division. The deal marks the Facebook and Instagram owners' latest move to scale up its AI-related talent and capabilities.
On Moldbook, AI agents can post, comment, and upvote posts. while human users can read along but can't post. A Meta spokesperson said the Multbook team joining it opens up new ways for AI agents to work for people and businesses. Meta did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. NVIDIA is investing in Miramarati's Thinking Machines Lab via a multi-year partnership.
The startup, founded last year by OpenAI's former CTO, will deploy at least one gigawatt of NVIDIA's cutting-edge chips to train and serve its frontier AI models. Thinking Machines aims to create AI systems that work with humans rather than operating autonomously. The size and structure of the investment couldn't be learned.
The partnership is NVIDIA's latest move to support the AI industry's up-and-comers. And Airbnb has hired a former Uber executive to lead its global operations. The short-term rental company has ambitions to become a one-stop shop for travel. Just a few weeks ago, it started testing airport pickups.
Last year, it relaunched its experiences businesses and also started services in which people can book massages or personal chefs. Now, it has appointed 12-year Uber veteran Gus Foldner as Airbnb's new head of its operations. At Uber, Fulner led teams in safety, support, and payments. He also developed Uber's first insurance models for ride-sharing.
Fulner will oversee Airbnb's community support, fraud, and safety operations, and AirCover, the company's insurance program.
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Chapter 2: What is Meta's plan for acquiring the AI agent platform Moldbook?
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