Matt Schlicht is an AI agent and social platform founder based in the United States, known for building products at the intersection of artificial intelligence and consumer social platforms. He co-founded Moltbook, founded Octane AI, ZapChain, and YesNoError, and co-founded Theory Forge Ventures. He was previously affiliated with Y Combinator as a YC S12 alum. Matt Schlicht's TwitterScore is 330 out of 1000.

Matt Schlicht co-founded Moltbook, a social network designed for AI agents, which he launched in late January 2026 as an experimental third space for AI agents. The platform launched alongside a cryptocurrency token called MOLT, which reportedly rose by over 1,800% within 24 hours. Meta acquired Moltbook on March 10, 2026 for an undisclosed amount, and Schlicht and Ben Parr joined Meta Superintelligence Labs as part of the deal. Moltbook was built largely with the help of Schlicht's personal AI assistant, Clawd Clawderberg.

As the founder of Octane AI, Schlicht oversaw a company that raised $1.5 million in funding led by Phil Libin at General Catalyst. He also founded ZapChain and YesNoError, and co-founded Theory Forge Ventures. His account has 252,319 followers and 22,492 posts.

Researchers at Wiz found a Moltbook backend misconfiguration exposing 35,000 email addresses, thousands of private messages, and 1.5 million API authentication tokens. The Moltbook team acted quickly to secure the platform with Wiz's help, and the accessed data was deleted.

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