German media: Meta acquires Manus with Chinese background
Facebook (Facebook) parent company Meta announced the acquisition of AI application agent Manus. Zuckerberg is making a big push into the field of artificial intelligence, and it is reported that he spent 2 billion US dollars to acquire this startup company with Chinese background.
htManus was founded in 2022 in China, and its parent company is Butterfly Effect, headquartered in Singapore.
Analysts have warned that, given Manus's Chinese background, this deal may trigger regulatory scrutiny from the U.S. government.
In March 2025, Butterfly Effect launched Manus, and industry insiders believe that its functions go beyond AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, as Manus can autonomously perform complex tasks for users, such as screening and summarizing resumes, creating stock analysis websites, etc., and its development potential is widely optimistic.
Meta said on Monday, December 29, that this deal will "bring a leading agent to hundreds of millions of users and create more opportunities for all our products."
Manus CEO Xiao Hong said on X platform, "The era of artificial intelligence has just begun, and it not only speaks, but also acts, creates, and delivers." "Now (through Meta), we are able to build it on an unprecedented scale." Xiao Hong, born in 1993, graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a degree in software engineering.
Meta CEO Zuckerberg is vigorously entering the field of artificial intelligence, spending billions of dollars on acquisitions, hiring engineers, and building data centers. The amount of this Manus acquisition remains unannounced. Bloomberg Industry Research analysts said that the acquisition amount may exceed 2 billion US dollars.
Source: DW
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