Meta admits that its AI assistant Muse was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, an open-source project, though Meta built Muse from scratch. Meta copied several design elements from OpenClaw, including file names and configuration content, because the team believed OpenClaw's creator got those details exactly right. Muse has become a breakout success, recently hitting No. 1 on the U.S. App Store.
Meta acknowledged that its Muse AI product was heavily inspired by OpenClaw, an open-source project, though Muse was built from scratch. The admission came after users discovered that Muse shared nearly identical file names and configuration content with OpenClaw, prompting Meta's product head Nat Friedman to explain the team admired OpenClaw's design and sought to create a scaled version for billions of users.