Meta’s Hatch Agents for WhatsApp and Watermelon Model Signal AI Monetization Push
Meta is reportedly developing Hatch, an agentic AI layer for integrating third-party autonomous tools into WhatsApp, potentially turning the platform into a provider of task-executing digital agents. A premium subscription tier could cost up to $199.99 per month, alongside a Watermelon model aimed for an October 2026 release. Hatch is linked to OpenClaw that Meta banned internally over security concerns, while Watermelon claims GPT-5.5 parity using about 10 times the prior model’s compute.