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Meta buys AI startup Manus

Meta buys AI startup Manus for more than $2 billion

Meta is closing the deal at more than $2 billion, according to people familiar with the acquisition. Manus was seeking a fresh round of fundraising with a valuation of $2 billion

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Why Meta bought Manus — and what it means for your enterprise AI agent strategy

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Meta buys startup known for its AI task automation agents

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Meta to Buy Manus, an AI Startup With Chinese Roots

Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to buy Manus, a popular Singapore-based artificial intelligence agent with Chinese roots, in its effort to build a business around its massive AI investment.

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Meta Buys AI Startup Manus for More Than $2 Billion

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Meta to acquire startup Manus, adding agents to bolster AI bet

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How Meta’s newest acquisition target got around worries over its ties to China

Xiao set up Manus’s parent, Butterfly Effect, in 2022 and launched a ChatGPT-powered application for browsers, called Monica. The Butterfly Effect apps targeted markets outside China, mainly North America, Japan and South Korea, Xiao said in a recent podcast. Butterfly Effect had offices in Beijing and Wuhan.

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Meta's 2025 Reality Check: Three Moves That Redefined Its AI Trajectory

Meta's most controversial decision in 2025 was also its most revealing: committing roughly $60–65 billion in capital, primarily toward AI compute and data centers. That level of spending unsettled some investors, especially those who had grown accustomed to Meta's post-2022 cost discipline.

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Everything Meta could do with its new $2 billion AI agent

Meta has struggled to compete with industry-leading AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic. Here's how its acquisition of Chinese startup Manus could change that.

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Best Vocal Remover: LALAL.AI Outperforms in Meta's Instrument and Vocal Separation Benchmark

Discover why LALAL.AI is recognized as a top vocal remover by Meta's research and explore its advanced capabilities in instrument and vocal separation compared to other solutions.