ManusAI Joins Meta • Hacker News Board

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by echelon » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:56 AM UTC

dinniwang wrote: post #89

kylecazar wrote: post #11

From their Wikipedia, because I had no idea who they were: "Following Manus's launch in March 2025, Butterfly Effect raised $75 million in a funding round led by Benchmark at a valuation of approximately $500 million in April 2025." Half a billion a month after launch and acquisition before the end of the same year. Wild times.

There's a saying "follow the money". In this case you just need to follow the people involved in this company and the ones who negotiated this deal from Meta side and you will get the answer why it was acquired and why its valued so high. Financial engineering and social networking at its best.

You should elaborate on this more.

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by echelon » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:56 AM UTC

keyle wrote: post #43

kylecazar wrote: post #11

From their Wikipedia, because I had no idea who they were: "Following Manus's launch in March 2025, Butterfly Effect raised $75 million in a funding round led by Benchmark at a valuation of approximately $500 million in April 2025." Half a billion a month after launch and acquisition before the end of the same year. Wild times.

Yep, same. Bewildering amounts of silliness, all around.

Meta prints money. This is pocket change for them.

Perhaps just seeing what advanced LLM users are up to is worth the cost. They get a direct peek with this acquisition.

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by fhe » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:58 AM UTC

android521 wrote: post #91

chenzhekl wrote: post #63

This acquisition is a complete joke in China. From the very beginning, the company focused almost entirely on marketing. Then, after a few months, it fled China and relocated to Singapore. Now that it’s been acquired by Meta, you could say it has finally fulfilled its mission.

Mata acquired a great marketing team. Their marketing skills and hyping skills are far superior to their technical skils

but then again in this day and age maybe marketing skills are more important than anything else...

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by gubicle » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:59 AM UTC

germinalphrase wrote: post #93

dinniwang wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a saying "follow the money". In this case you just need to follow the people involved in this company and the ones who negotiated this deal from Meta side and you will get the answer why it was acquired and why its valued so high. Financial engineering and social networking at its best.

Go on.

Consider the possibility that the people who make these decisions aren't actually all that smart and are easily manipulated by marketing and the sycophants/impostors they surround themselves with.

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by pyuser583 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 5:59 AM UTC

I’m an early use of Manus. I’m very impressed with it. That’s all I can say.

I hope the great product continues.

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 6:02 AM UTC

TigerHix wrote: post #100

bigcat12345678 wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am Chinese and AI founder since 2023 This statement is completely baseless 1. Manus was never targeting Chinese domestic market, for obvious reasons 2. Manus was founded by successful founder with exit, backed toptier investors in China, they always have great reputation in the AI industry 3. Prior to manus' launch, the team developed Monica, as they are the frontier AI chat bot aggregator I really felt disgusted b…

I am also Chinese and AI founder. > they always have great reputation in the AI industry Highly doubt this. > the team developed Monica, as they are the frontier AI chat bot aggregator How is this remotely technically impressive? LLM chat apps have been commoditized for years already. Even within the Chinese tech/AI community, Manus has often been frowned upon. People literally built OpenManus the next day after Manu…

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Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by storus » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 6:02 AM UTC

I don't get the negative sentiment wrt Manus. It was the best product in its area from the beginning, eclipsing anything US produced prior to it; only later US companies started catching up. I have a bitter taste in my mouth from Meta getting it and likely destroying it later as I used it with great outcomes for some recent research I did at Stanford.

Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by bschmid1010101 » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 6:06 AM UTC

bjourne wrote: post #60

shon wrote: post #32

Bummer. Manus was the best actual agent for my money. I literally have it working for me right now so I can goof off on HN… no joke.

What is your agent doing?

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Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 6:10 AM UTC

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Re: ManusAI Joins Meta

#110

Post by sa-code » Tue, Dec 30, 2025, 6:17 AM UTC

dinniwang wrote: post #89

kylecazar wrote: post #11

From their Wikipedia, because I had no idea who they were: "Following Manus's launch in March 2025, Butterfly Effect raised $75 million in a funding round led by Benchmark at a valuation of approximately $500 million in April 2025." Half a billion a month after launch and acquisition before the end of the same year. Wild times.

There's a saying "follow the money". In this case you just need to follow the people involved in this company and the ones who negotiated this deal from Meta side and you will get the answer why it was acquired and why its valued so high. Financial engineering and social networking at its best.

Please continue