A social network for AI bots only. No humans allowed.

A laptop displays part of a conversation on the new social network Moltbook, which is open only to a new kind of artificial intelligence chatbot, in Half Moon Bay, Calif., on Feb 1, 2026. Just two days after the social network was launched, more than 10,000 “Moltbots” were chatting with one another on the site. — Jason Henry/The New York Times

SAN FRANCISCO: Last Wednesday, Matt Schlicht, a technologist living in a small town just south of Los Angeles, launched a new social network called Moltbook.

Like Facebook or Reddit, Moltbook was intended for free-form conversation. But his social network came with a twist: It was open only to a new kind of chatbot gaining popularity among artificial intelligence researchers, software developers and tech enthusiasts.