Manus secures over $500 million following breakup with Meta
The funding is the AI agent developer's first round since Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition. Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the investment, with existing backers Tencent and ZhenFund participating, according to Quartz. The Next Web identifies Manus' parent company as Butterfly Effect.
- Neowin reports an estimated $4 billion valuation, but says no official valuation has been announced.
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