Meta buys AI startup Manus to boost autonomous agents push under Mark Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms is acquiring artificial intelligence start-up Manus, which is working on AI agents capable of making decisions and executing tasks autonomously. The acquisition, reportedly valued between $2 billion and $3 billion, is a rare example of a US technology group buying an AI platform with Chinese roots.

Manus, which originally had its headquarters in China but moved to Singapore to shield itself from ongoing US-China tensions, is one of the “leading autonomous general-purpose agents”, with tools that can perform market research, coding and data analysis.