Manus raises $500M after Meta deal falls through

manus, a chinese ai lab, raised over $500m in its first funding round since splitting with meta. the funding round was led by boyu capital and idg capital, with existing shareholders tencent, hsg, and zhenfund also participating. manus makes ai products and agents similar to what companies like cursor, lovable, and replit offer. the company recently launched manus 2.0 and cue, a standalone app that gives personal ai agents their own email addresses, phone numbers, digital wallets, and computers. this deal shows investors' continued support for manus' ai products and agents.