Meta Opens Muse to DIY Hardware Tinkerers — SkimNews
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- Meta introduced Muse Gadgets on Friday, an open-source project with firmware, a Linux SDK, and project ideas including color e-ink displays and HDMI sticks for TVs.
- Muse Gadgets supports hobbyist boards like Raspberry Pi and ESP32, letting users connect Muse to displays, buttons, sensors, and actuators on their workbenches.
- Nat Friedman, head of product at Meta's Superintelligence Labs, built a USB-C device called Muse Home Link that connects Muse to home networks and smart devices like speakers and TVs.
- Meta produced 5,000 free Home Link units for Muse subscribers; Friedman's X post drew nearly 30,000 views within hours, and the device ships in a few weeks.
- Meta also rolled out Muse for Small Business this week, a free tier with usage limits that integrates with Shopify, Dropbox, and Slack.
- Meta established a Meta Enterprise Platform business unit to push its AI offerings to corporate customers, completing a consumer-to-enterprise pipeline around Muse.
Why it matters: Meta is pushing Muse into every direction at once: consumer chatbot, free small-business tool, enterprise platform, and now open-source hardware. With 5,000 Home Link units already likely claimed within hours of announcement, Meta is betting that turning Muse into an extensible platform — not a standalone app — is the only way to differentiate from rivals. Developers and tinkerers gain free tools, while Meta locks in ecosystem mindshare before competitors establish their own AI-agent hardware standards.
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