Overview
- The Wall Street Journal reported a price above $2 billion, while Meta has not disclosed financial terms.
- Meta says the Manus agent will be operated, sold and embedded across its services, including Meta AI on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
- Manus, founded by Chinese entrepreneurs and now based in Singapore, exemplifies how some China-linked tech firms structure operations to navigate U.S.–China tensions.
- Meta told Nikkei Asia that post-transaction Manus would have no Chinese ownership and would cease activities in China.
- Manus develops a universal AI agent described as a digital employee, and the company previously claimed it outperformed OpenAI’s DeepResearch as Meta escalates AI investments such as its stake in Scale AI.