Financial terms of the Manas deal were not disclosed, but the deal would value the Singapore-based company between $2 billion and $3 billion, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter.
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Manas did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Once hailed as China's next Deep Seek, Manas made headlines earlier this year when it released what it claims is the world's first general-purpose AI agent that can autonomously make decisions and perform tasks with far fewer prompts than an AI chatbot.
The company said Meta will operate and sell the Manus service and integrate it into consumer and business products, including Meta AI.
Manas raised $75 million this year at a valuation of about $500 million, backed by parent company Beijing Butterfly Effect Technology, according to media reports. US venture firm Benchmark led the funding round.
Reporting by Harshita Mary Varghese in Bengaluru. Additional reporting by Mihika Sharma in Bengaluru, Kane Wu in Hong Kong and Xinghui Kok in Singapore. Editing: Nivedita Bhattacharjee, Miyoung Kim, Sam Holmes
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