Meta's Muse AI Agent Faces Allegations of Being Built on OpenClaw Platform

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Meta's consumer AI agent Muse has quickly gained traction, reaching the top of the App Store charts and accumulating an estimated 600,000 daily active users in the US. Separately, AI agent platform Instinct is generating buzz as its creator fundraises at a $2.5 billion valuation. However, both Muse and Instinct have drawn scrutiny over their apparent similarities to OpenClaw, the platform widely credited with pioneering the AI agent space. Over the past week, social media users have alleged that Muse is directly built on OpenClaw, pointing to shared naming conventions for core files such as SOUL.md and memory as evidence.

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