Meta admitted that Muse, its AI assistant, was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, with shared files and features, according to a statement from Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta’s Superintelligence Labs. The company confirmed that Muse was built from scratch but was influenced by OpenClaw's design.
Friedman stated that the team at Meta had fallen in love with OpenClaw and aimed to create a product similar to it, one that could be scaled to billions of users. He noted that OpenClaw’s creator, Peter Steinberger, had gotten the features right, which inspired the team to adopt them in Muse.
The Muse app has been a hit, reaching No. 1 on the U.S. App Store. Data suggests it is outperforming ChatGPT’s launch when platforms and market availability are compared directly. This success has led to a surge in discussions about Muse’s similarities to OpenClaw.
"We built Muse from scratch, but it is definitely heavily inspired as a product by OpenClaw," said Friedman. He added that the team had bought hundreds of Mac minis for the MSL team after using OpenClaw in January.
The admission comes after a viral post by Ansh Nanda, an AI app co-founder, who claimed that Muse was literally OpenClaw for normies. This sparked a wave of comparisons and findings, including shared file names and content between the two assistants.
Meta did not comment further on the similarities, stating that Friedman’s statement was the only official response. The company also noted that it had no more to add beyond that.
Source: techcrunch
