Meta admits Muse was heavily inspired by OpenClaw

Meta's Nat Friedman said the Muse AI agent was "definitely heavily inspired as a product by OpenClaw," though "built from scratch." Users spotted near-identical config files, including SOUL.md, between the two agents.

• Friedman: Muse was "heavily inspired as a product" by OpenClaw but built from scratch
• Users found Muse's SOUL.md file nearly identical to OpenClaw's
• Friedman said the team thought OpenClaw's creator "got those things exactly right"
• Muse hit No. 1 on the US App Store, outpacing ChatGPT's launch