Manus, a company that builds autonomous AI agents, has raised more than $500 million in new capital, according to wire reports reviewed by FXMARE. The financing is the first the startup has secured since its planned sale to Meta fell apart.
The backdrop is the earlier acquisition. Meta had agreed to buy Manus in a transaction valued at roughly $2 billion, but authorities in China intervened and Meta was made to unwind the arrangement. The coverage describes the move as a decision by Beijing that undid a completed agreement, leaving Manus once again operating as an independent business.
The new round therefore gives the company fresh funding after that reversal. Reports characterize the money as the first outside investment since the split with Meta, and they place the amount at more than $500 million. The sources reviewed do not name the investors, the valuation attached to the round, or how the proceeds will be used, so those details are not reported here.
Manus is described as an AI agent developer. One account notes that it built a self-driving AI assistant, meaning software designed to carry out tasks with limited human direction, before interest in such tools became widespread. The company is based in China, according to the reporting, which frames the episode as a China-origin AI startup that drew the attention of a major US technology group and then of Chinese authorities.
For markets, the story is a data point on how cross-border deals involving artificial intelligence companies are being handled. A roughly $2 billion acquisition by a large US company was reversed at the direction of Beijing, and the target has since drawn a funding round of more than half a billion dollars. The available reporting does not say whether Meta has commented on the outcome or what terms governed the unwinding, and FXMARE has not added detail beyond what the sources provide.