Manus与Meta交易终止后融资超5亿美元，博裕与IDG领投
China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta
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Manus母公司Butterfly Effect周四在微信宣布已融资超5亿美元，为Meta取消20亿美元收购后的首轮融资。博裕资本和IDG资本领投，腾讯、HSG、真格基金等现有股东参投，公司将继续在国内外招聘。Manus未披露估值，此前有报道称其拟以40亿美元估值融资5亿美元；公司2025年中迁至新加坡，去年12月宣布Meta收购，今年4月中国监管要求解除交易，8月恢复独立运营并称需删除部分用户数据。Manus近期推出Manus 2.0，并发布独立应用Cue，可为个人AI代理提供邮箱、电话号码、数字钱包和计算机。
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Manus在Meta收购终止后完成首轮超5亿美元融资，读者可借此观察中国AI代理公司的独立发展路径与资本态度。
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ManusButterfly EffectMeta#行业动态#Agent#编码
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Chinese AI lab Manus’ parent company, Butterfly Effect, said on Thursday in a WeChat post that it has raised more than $500 million, the company’s first funding round since Meta was forced to call off its $2 billion acquisition of the startup.
Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the funding round, and existing shareholders Tencent, HSG (formerly known as Sequoia China), ZhenFund, and others also participated. The AI company said it will continue hiring both at home and abroad.
Manus did not disclose its valuation, but last month was said to be in talks with investors to raise $500 million at a $4 billion valuation.
Manus, which went viral following a demo of its AI agent last year, relocated its staff to Singapore in mid-2025 before announcing a $2 billion acquisition deal with Meta that December. The startup was said to be pulling in annual recurring revenue of over $100 million at the time.
In April, Chinese authorities ordered the AI startup to unwind the deal amid intensifying worries in China over losing AI talent and researchers to the West.
Manus in August resumed independent operations following the end of the Meta deal, and said it was required to delete some user data as part of the split. The company is also reported to be considering going public in Hong Kong, according to the report.
Manus did not respond to TechCrunch’s questions about its valuation.
Manus makes AI products and agents similar to what companies like Cursor, Lovable, and Replit offer. It offers a chatbot and vibe-coding tools to let users build apps and websites, create designs and presentations, generate video, and more.
The company recently launched Manus 2.0 , which it says brings a new architecture with new products and capabilities built around a new harness. It also introduced Cue, a stand-alone app that gives personal AI agents their own email addresses, phone numbers, digital wallets, and computers. The app lets agents communicate, handle tasks across services, and make payments within limits set by the user.
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Kate Park is a reporter at TechCrunch, with a focus on technology, startups and venture capital in Asia. She previously was a financial journalist at Mergermarket covering M&A, private equity and venture capital.