Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms. The California.
Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms. The California tech giant declined to disclose financial details of the acquisition, but sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Meta closed the deal at more than $2 billion. Meta made the offer as Manus was seeking a fresh round of fundraising, according to the Journal’s sources. Manus, a Singapore-based platform with some Chinese roots, launched its first „general-purpose“ AI agent earlier this year. The platform offers paid subscriptions for customers to use this technology for research, coding, and other tasks.
„Manus is already serving the daily needs of millions of users and businesses worldwide“, Meta said in a Monday announcement, adding that it plans to scale this service—as Manus will „deliver general-purpose agents across our consumer and business products, including in Meta AI.
