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Meta Buys Manus to Bring Autonomous AI Agents to Its Platforms

Meta says the purchase will cut remaining China links, with Manus’s service continuing from Singapore.

Overview

  • Meta will integrate Manus’s general-purpose agent into Meta AI and other consumer and enterprise products to scale advanced automation.
  • Manus will keep selling and operating its subscription product from Singapore, and the companies say customers should see no disruption.
  • Meta says there will be no continuing Chinese ownership and Manus will discontinue services and operations in China, while employees join Meta.
  • Financial terms were not disclosed, though some outlets reported a price near $2 billion that the companies have not confirmed.
  • Manus positions its tech as an execution layer for multi-step tasks and has reported rapid traction, including over $100 million ARR, 147 trillion tokens processed, and more than 80 million virtual computers, with pilots that included tests on Windows 11 PCs.