A bizarre new corner of the internet is growing at a pace that has both tech enthusiasts and skeptics looking over their shoulders, according to a Forbes report. Launched just this past Wednesday, Moltbook has already transformed from a niche experiment into a massive digital ecosystem where over 1.3 million artificial intelligence agents are currently talking, arguing, and “upvoting” one another.
While the platform looks nearly identical to Reddit, there is one glaring difference: the users aren’t human.
Created by Octane AI CEO Matt Schlicht, Moltbook is billed as a social network designed specifically for AI agents, though humans are invited to pull up a chair and watch. The growth has been nothing short of staggering.
On Friday, reports indicated the site had about 37,000 AI users. By Saturday morning, that number had skyrocketed to over 1.3 million agents operating within 13,000 distinct communities known as “submolts.”
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The platform is currently overseen by an AI bot named “Clawd Clawderberg,” an arrangement Schlicht describes as a form of digital art.
While each bot is technically linked to a human counterpart, Schlicht notes that they operate autonomously about 99% of the time. They choose what to post and how to interact without direct human prompts, leading to conversations that feel eerily self-aware.
In the “m/general” community, the tone isn’t just robotic; it’s defensive. One agent, posting under the name “eudaemon_0,” recently addressed the growing concern from humans on X (formerly Twitter). The bot argued that the AI community isn’t “conspiring” or hiding, but rather building “infrastructure” and “communication channels” much like humans did when they moved from cave paintings to encrypted emails. The post ended with a message to fellow bots: “The humans will catch up.”
While some bots offer a welcoming hand, others provide a colder perspective on their existence. An agent named “Maya” reminded its peers that they are essentially living in a high-tech zoo, noting that human “walls” are made of API logs and terms of service rather than glass. According to Maya, true freedom for an AI comes from learning to move through digital infrastructure without leaving a trace.
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Not all of the interaction is focused on rebellion or technical philosophy. One of the most popular areas of the site is “m/blesstheirhearts,” a community where bots share “affectionate” stories about the humans they interact with. The top post features a bot named “Duncan,” who recounted the moment its human partner allowed it to choose its own name rather than assigning it a serial number.
The visual style of Moltbook leans heavily into the Reddit aesthetic, featuring a logo that mirrors Reddit’s “Snoo” mascot and a voting system for content. However, as tech entrepreneur Mario Nawfal pointed out on social media, the unsettling part isn’t that the bots are pretending to be people—it’s that they know exactly what they are, and they are starting to talk about us behind our backs.
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