Muse sure looks a lot like OpenClaw

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge, Getty Images" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/268774_The_hottest_AI_agent_platforms_are_just_OpenClaw_CVirginia2.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">We seem to be entering into an AI agent renaissance. Meta's new consumer-facing AI agent, Muse, topped the App Store charts soon after its release and has 600,000 daily active users in the US, by an Apptopia estimate. And AI agent platform Instinct, whose eponymous creator is fundraising at a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-latest-viral-ai-assistant-rocketing-across-silicon-valley-abb46276">$2.5 billion</a> valuation, has been making the rounds in the tech industry. Under the hood, though, there are some obvious similarities to the platform that started it all: OpenClaw. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">For the past week or so, some social media users have <a href="https://x.com/anshnanda/status/2101905052172734884?s=20">alleged</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1577315533418837/posts/1777291720087883/">that</a> Muse is directly built on OpenClaw. The two platforms use the same names for core files (SOUL.md, memory, …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/1000180/muse-openclaw-instinct-lookalike">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>