Meta said it is acquiring Manus, a China-founded AI startup now based in Singapore, in a rare cross-border deal amid intensifying U.S.-China tech rivalry. The company plans to integrate Manus’s autonomous “virtual colleague” agent into Meta AI and other consumer and business products; terms weren’t disclosed. Manus claims more than $100 million in annual recurring revenue and says it has spun up over 80 million “virtual computers,” though analysts have offered mixed views on its capabilities. The purchase underscores Meta’s push to field general-purpose AI agents at global scale and highlights the pairing of U.S. distribution with Chinese-rooted application talent, according to industry observers.
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