By ABC News
Publication Date: 2025-12-30 16:02:00
DETROIT – Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues to work aggressively to expand AI offerings on its platforms.
The California tech giant declined to disclose financial details of the acquisition. However, The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta closed the deal for more than $2 billion.
Manus, a Singapore-based platform with partly Chinese roots, launched its first “general purpose” AI agent earlier this year. The platform offers customers paid subscriptions to use this technology for research, coding and other tasks.
“Manus already serves the daily needs of millions of users and businesses worldwide,” Meta said in a Monday announcement, adding that it plans to scale this service — as Manus “will provide general-purpose agents for our consumer and business products, including in Meta AI.”
Manus CEO Xiao Hong added that joining Meta will allow the platform to “build on a stronger, more…
