Meta Acquires Chinese AI Startup Manus for Billions in Third-Largest Deal
Meta has reached an exclusive agreement to acquire Butterfly Effect, a Chinese startup and developer of the AI agent Manus, for a multi-billion dollar sum. This transaction ranks as the third-largest acquisition in Meta’s history, following WhatsApp and Scale AI. Founded in 2022 by Xiao Hong in Wuhan, the company…
bubmagDecember 30, 2025