Meta’s Nat Friedman Admits Top-Ranked Muse Is Heavily Inspired by OpenClaw
Summary
Meta Superintelligence Labs product chief Nat Friedman admits its newly No. 1 U.S. App Store app Muse is heavily inspired by Peter Steinberger’s OpenClaw, retaining OpenClaw-like workspace filenames and nearly identical SOUL.md content while insisting Meta built the product from scratch.
Key Points
- Meta Superintelligence Labs product chief Nat Friedman admits Muse is heavily inspired by OpenClaw, though he says Meta built it from scratch.
- Friedman says Meta retained OpenClaw-like workspace filenames and nearly identical SOUL.md content because creator Peter Steinberger had "got those things exactly right."
- Muse recently reaches No. 1 on the U.S. App Store and is outpacing ChatGPT’s launch when platform and market availability are compared.