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Latest news, updates, and announcements from Manus.
Manus launches Manus 2.0 and Cue personal-agent app
Manus unveiled Manus 2.0 with Cascade, a new agent harness, alongside Cloud Computer, Automations, and Manus Studio. The company also introduced Cue, a standalone app for creating and deploying person...

Manus is planning its first funding round since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisi...
Manus is planning its first funding round since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition, with a new round that could double its valuation to approximately $4 billion, according to Blo...

Manus, the AI agent startup that was briefly acquired by Meta before Beijing forced a reversal, is n...
Manus, the AI agent startup that was briefly acquired by Meta before Beijing forced a reversal, is now returning to independent operations seven months after the deal was unwound. The company has anno...
Tencent is set to become the largest shareholder of AI developer Manus, as Meta unwinds its acquisit...
Tencent is set to become the largest shareholder of AI developer Manus, as Meta unwinds its acquisition of the startup following Beijing's intervention. Tencent has been working with Manus' original i...
Meta will unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus AI after Beijing ordered the deal to be reverse...
Meta will unwind its $2 billion acquisition of Manus AI after Beijing ordered the deal to be reversed on national security grounds, according to a report from Tech in Asia. The move follows prior cove...

Tencent to Lead $2B Manus Buyback as Beijing Treats Agentic AI as Sovereign Asset
Tencent is in advanced talks to become the largest single shareholder in Manus, the agentic AI startup that Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion acquisition of in April. A consortium of Manus'...

Tencent Leads Consortium to Buy Out Meta's Manus Stake at ~$2B Valuation
Tencent is in talks to lead a Chinese consortium to acquire Meta's entire stake in Manus (蝴蝶效应), the AI agent startup behind the viral general-agent product, at a reported valuation of approximately $...
Meta's planned acquisition of Manus, an AI agent startup, has been blocked by regulators, dealing a...
Meta's planned acquisition of Manus, an AI agent startup, has been blocked by regulators, dealing a blow to Meta's old-guard faction that had pushed for the deal as a counterweight to AI chief Alexand...

Meta paid $2 billion for AI startup Manus, a Singapore‑based firm with Chinese roots. The deal trigg...
Meta paid $2 billion for AI startup Manus, a Singapore‑based firm with Chinese roots. The deal triggered a wave of Chinese AI founders re‑thinking the “Singapore‑washing” strategy, with many accelerat...
Meta acquired Singapore‑based Manus AI for over $2 billion, buying a startup that hit $125 M revenue...
Meta acquired Singapore‑based Manus AI for over $2 billion, buying a startup that hit $125 M revenue run rate and $100 M ARR in just eight months. The deal signals a shift from pure LLM chatbots to au...

China barred Manus AI co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as regulators rev...
China barred Manus AI co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as regulators review Meta's $2B acquisition for export control violations. The agentic AI startup, valued at just $50...
China has barred Manus AI co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as regulators...
China has barred Manus AI co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as regulators scrutinize Meta's $2B acquisition for potential violations of investment and national security rule...
Meta acquired Manus, a Singapore-based autonomous AI agent startup, for over $2 billion, marking its...
Meta acquired Manus, a Singapore-based autonomous AI agent startup, for over $2 billion, marking its third-largest acquisition ever. Manus represents a fundamental shift from chatbots to autonomous ag...

San Francisco startup Ryze saw its deal close rate collapse from 70% to 20% after Anthropic's Claude...
San Francisco startup Ryze saw its deal close rate collapse from 70% to 20% after Anthropic's Claude and Meta's Manus AI launched Meta Ads connectors, making its ad automation product obsolete overnig...

Meta is accelerating its $2 billion Manus AI integration into Ads Manager despite China's ongoing re...
Meta is accelerating its $2 billion Manus AI integration into Ads Manager despite China's ongoing regulatory probe into potential export control violations. This marks a critical precedent in US-China...

Meta acquired Singapore-based startup Manus AI in a deal valued at over 2 billion dollars, targeting...
Meta acquired Singapore-based startup Manus AI in a deal valued at over 2 billion dollars, targeting the execution layer of AI. Manus technology notably outperformed OpenAI Deep Research on GAIA bench...

Meta's $20 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is stalled as Chinese regulators launch a p...
Meta's $20 billion acquisition of AI agent startup Manus is stalled as Chinese regulators launch a probe into technology export controls and data security. Despite Manus moving its headquarters to Sin...

China expanded its regulatory investigation into Meta 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI agent start...
China expanded its regulatory investigation into Meta 2 billion dollar acquisition of AI agent startup Manus AI. 🛡️ The probe now scrutinizes cross-border currency flows and tax accounting, moving be...

Meta has acquired Manus, a Chinese-founded AI agent startup, for an estimated 2 billion to 3 billion...
Meta has acquired Manus, a Chinese-founded AI agent startup, for an estimated 2 billion to 3 billion dollars. This move signals a pivot from chatbots to autonomous agents capable of executing complex...
Meta Platforms is acquiring autonomous agent pioneer Manus AI for over 2 billion dollars. 🤝 The sta...
Meta Platforms is acquiring autonomous agent pioneer Manus AI for over 2 billion dollars. 🤝 The startup hit 125 million dollars in revenue in eight months, shifting focus from chatbots to task-execut...