Meta admits Muse’s likeness to OpenClaw isn’t a coincidence
Meta product chief Nat Friedman admits the Muse AI assistant was heavily inspired by open-source agent OpenClaw, though built from scratch.
Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, said on X that Muse was 'definitely heavily inspired as a product by OpenClaw' but was built from scratch. Users found Muse's agent workspace files, including a SOUL.md personality configuration, nearly identical in name and content to OpenClaw's, whose creator Peter Steinberger Friedman called a genius. Muse recently hit No. 1 on the U.S. App Store and is outpacing ChatGPT's launch trajectory on comparable platforms.
- Friedman confirms Muse heavily inspired by OpenClaw but built from scratch
- Muse's SOUL.md and workspace files nearly identical to OpenClaw's
- OpenClaw is open source; OpenAI acquired its creator earlier this year
- Muse reached No. 1 on the U.S. App Store
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- MetaOpenClawNat FriedmanPeter Steinberger
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Meta says Muse was built from scratch, but acknowledges the AI assistant was "heavily inspired" by OpenClaw — down to some of its workspace filenames and content.
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