Eseandre Mordi
⬤ Meta grabbed Manus AI in a move that shows just how serious the company is about AI agents for everyday users and businesses. The deal keeps Manus's subscription service alive while bringing the whole team into Meta's fold. Meta announced it on December 29, 2025, saying Manus will help speed up AI innovation across Meta's entire product lineup.
⬤ Manus AI started in China before moving to Singapore and raised funding earlier this year at around $500 million valuation, with backing from Benchmark and other VCs. The startup pulls in $100 million in annual recurring revenue and has a $125 million total revenue run rate—pretty impressive numbers considering how expensive it is to run large AI agent platforms. Meta's keeping the subscription service going, so current Manus customers won't see any disruption.
⬤ This acquisition shows Meta's pushing hard into enterprise AI tools as agent platforms become more mainstream across tech. By absorbing Manus's team, Meta wants to roll out agent features throughout its consumer and business services, ramping up automation and smart assistant capabilities. Meta framed the deal as part of its bigger bet on AI innovation for business users.
⬤ The combination of Manus's strong revenue growth and Meta's massive scale shows how fast AI agents are moving from experimental tech to real money-makers. Meta's acquisition also highlights the fierce competition among tech giants to bake advanced AI into their platforms, especially in subscription and enterprise markets. This deal could shape how AI adoption unfolds as agent-based tools keep getting more powerful and commercially viable.
Eseandre Mordi
