The deal arrives as Meta accelerates its AI investments to compete with Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI — and as the industry’s focus shifts from conversational demos to systems that can reliably produce artifacts, complete workflows, and operate with minimal supervision.

Meta acquires Manus to power autonomous AI agents in Meta AI. Discover how this deal shifts AI from chatbots to real-world task execution.

Giant tech companies are closing the year with a flurry of deals as they position for further advances in artificial intelligence.

General agents’ to infuse Meta’s products real soon now Meta will acquire made-in-China AI outfit Manus and harness its “general agent” technology across its products.… Manus debuted in March 2025 and immediately pitched itself as a leap beyond generative AI chatbots,

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