China gives Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta deadline to abort $2 billion Manus deal, tells you have two weeks to …
The Chinese government has handed Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta a deadline to undo its $2.5 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus, citing national security concerns. Citing sources familiar with the matter, a report by The Wall Street Journal claimed that Beijing has given the tech giant just a few weeks to completely “disentangle” itself from the startup and return its assets to their original state.
The report claimed that the order from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) marks a dramatic intervention in a global tech deal in which Meta acquired the Singapore-based, China-linked Manus in December to bolster its “AI agent” capabilities.
