Meta is buying Manus for over $2 billion. Here's what the AI agent does, who built it, and why the deal matters.

The deal is handing the AI agent developer fresh capital after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition.

Meta's rumored Conductor acquisition lacks any credible confirmation, while its $2B Manus deal remains the company's latest ...

Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund and others also participated.

Manus parent Butterfly Effect closed a $500M+ round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital after China forced Meta to unwind its $2B deal.

Meta Platforms has agreed to acquire AI startup Manus, a Singapore-based company with Chinese founders that conducts deep research and performs other tasks for paying users. Meta is closing the deal ...

Manus's 'My Computer' feature on its new desktop application will bring its AI agent onto users' computers. Its AI agents previously operated exclusively in the cloud, meaning they were typically ...

The Trigger for Wanting to AutomateIf I utilize AI, I thought I could efficiently advance tasks that previously took time and ...

Manus built a self-driving AI assistant before the hype, sold itself to Meta, then watched Beijing unwind the deal. Its first fresh money since: more than $500 million.

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...