Meta plans to build an agentic artificial intelligence assistant for consumers that is comparable to OpenClaw but easier to use, The Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (May 5), citing unnamed sources. The assistant is being trialed internally by some staff, and Meta outlined its plan for the project at a companywide meeting last week, according to the report. Meta did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment. According to the FT report, Meta tried to hire OpenClaw founder Peter Steinberger before he joined OpenAI, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said last week during an earnings call that there is an opportunity to develop a version of the OpenClaw experience that is more polished and easier to use. PYMNTS reported April 29 that during that day’s Meta earnings call, Zuckerberg covered Meta’s long-term vision for AI, framing personal superintelligence as the company’s chief product goal. “My view is that human progress has always been driven by people pursuing their individual aspirations,” he said. Also during the call, Zuckerberg said the company had seen a surge in business users employing its AI tools. The number of conversations being handled by these tools each week leapt from 1 million at the start of the year to 10 million by late March. In addition, Muse Spark, Meta’s first model from the company’s in-house AI lab, debuted during the first quarter and now powers Meta AI across all apps and the standalone Meta AI app. Sessions per user grew double digits following the introduction.…
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