Overview
- Officials at China’s Ministry of Commerce are conducting an early-stage assessment of the deal, according to the Financial Times report relayed by Reuters.
- The focus is on staff and core technology moved out of China, which could trigger licensing requirements that give Beijing leverage over the transaction.
- Meta closed the purchase last month, with sources valuing Manus at roughly $2 billion to $3 billion.
- Neither Meta nor Manus has commented publicly, and Reuters said it could not independently verify the Financial Times account.
- Manus, now based in Singapore, gained attention for a general-purpose AI agent capable of autonomous decision-making, underscoring rising geopolitical risk around cross-border AI technology transfers.