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9 stories · 9 issues · daily Manus news timeline
Financing and transaction coverage
Dates are our publication dates. Announcements and talks are not closing; different reports may concern the same transaction.
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Thu, Oct 15
OPPO partners with Manus so Find X10 phones can carry out multi-step tasks for users
By building agents into the operating system, phone makers hold what third-party apps cannot: control over local files and privacy permissions, the precondition for users to hand over tasks with confidence.
Sat, Oct 10
Manus closes a round of more than $500 million at a reported $4 billion post-money valuation, twice its previous price
An application company's valuation doubled after an acquisition that did not close; investors no longer need a big-tech buyer to anchor the price of the agent layer.
Fri, Oct 9
Manus is reportedly valued at $4 billion after its $500 million-plus round, the highest among AI application companies with a China background
An application company's valuation doubled after an acquisition that did not close, which shows investors no longer need a big-tech buyer to anchor the price of the agent layer.
Thu, Oct 8
Manus parent Butterfly Effect announces a funding round of more than $500 million led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital
An application company raising $500 million without a large model of its own shows investors are betting that the agent layer itself can hold users and revenue, not the model underneath.
Tue, Sep 29
Manus unveils Manus 2.0 and the Cue personal-agent app, giving each agent its own email, phone number, wallet and computer
Once an agent has money and a phone number, how much power users are willing to hand over becomes the dividing line between products.
Sat, Sep 19
Manus Reportedly Seeks About $500 Million at a $4 Billion Valuation After Resuming Independent Operations
Outside Meta, Manus’s most valuable asset is whether its roughly $400 million revenue run rate can become durable, renewable business.
Fri, Sep 18
Manus reportedly nears a $500 million round at a $4 billion valuation after the Meta deal collapsed
The failed Meta deal did not end investor demand, but Manus must now support the higher valuation with standalone operating data.
Thu, Aug 27
Manus Reopens Account Access; Data Deletion Was Regulatory, Not an Outage
One acquisition denied, and the cost lands on users' historical task records — the most concrete settlement of AI startup geopolitical risk to date.
Wed, Aug 12
Manus Announces Return to Independent Operations as Meta's $2 Billion Acquisition Nears Full Dismantling
An acquisition that closed eight months ago is being unwound item by item, with the cost shouldered by both buyer and seller — this precedent is far costlier than the $2 billion itself.