Manus 2.0

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1. 2h
   Hands-on: Manus Cue gives agents their own identity, but not always-on usefulness

   A week-long hands-on by Qidian Research (published by TMTPost) examines Cue, the personal AI assistant Manus launched on September 28, in which each agent gets its own email address, phone number, digital wallet and dedicated computer and can keep working after the user logs out. Email triage and replies were the smoothest part, but phone calls and payments stalled because they require international accounts, multi-agent collaboration needed overseas app integrations and produced muddled group-chat handoffs, and calendar management could not plug into WeChat or QQ. The piece notes Cue launched for overseas users with a China version still in preparation, and that Cue membership is not shared with Manus 2.0.

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2. 6d
   Manus 2.0 community meetups planned across cities over two weeks

   Manus Community posted on X that Manus 2.0 meetups will be held in multiple cities over the next two weeks, starting Oct 13 in New Delhi and running through Oct 27. Listed stops include Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Istanbul, Ho Chi Minh City, Riyadh, Boston, Ankara, Austin, Lagos, Alexandria, Vrútky and Washington, D.C. The post links to shareable event visuals and a submission form inviting users to bring Manus to their own city.

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3. Oct 11
   Manus raises over $500M, reportedly at a $4B valuation

   On October 8, Manus parent Butterfly Effect announced a new funding round of more than $500 million, led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital with existing backers Tencent, Sequoia China and ZhenFund participating; no valuation was disclosed, though Bloomberg previously reported a target of about $4 billion. It is Manus's first outside funding since it resumed independent operations on September 1, after Meta's acquisition was blocked by regulators in April and the founding team and investors bought the shares back at a $20 billion... correction: at a $20 billion figure was the buyback valuation reported by Bloomberg, with Tencent becoming the largest outside shareholder. On September 28 Manus released version 2.0 and a personal agent app, Cue; reports say its annualized revenue run rate has reached $400-500 million, though the revenue mix has not been disclosed.

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4. Oct 8
   Manus parent Butterfly Effect raises over $500M at reported $4B valuation

   Butterfly Effect, the parent of AI agent startup Manus, said on Oct. 8 it raised more than $500 million (~3.35 billion yuan) in a round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with existing backers Tencent, Sequoia China and ZhenFund joining. Bloomberg had reported the round at a roughly $4 billion valuation, double the prior $2 billion, and Chinese media called it the largest single round for a China-based agent-native startup. It is the company's first raise since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition, and follows the Sept. 29 release of Manus 2.0 and the multi-agent group chat app Cue; the company says its in-house Cascade framework cut token use 23.2%, task time 28.2% and running cost 32% in one test configuration.

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5. Oct 5
   Manus Community Teases Founder Discussion on Manus 2.0

   Manus Community shared a short clip featuring @hidecloud discussing the thinking behind Manus 2.0. A longer conversation is expected later, alongside upcoming Manus events in several cities and online.

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Manus parent Butterfly Effect raises over $500M at reported $4B valuation

Butterfly Effect, the parent company of AI agent startup Manus, said on October 8 that it raised more than $500 million in a new round led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with existing backers Tencent, Sequoia China and ZhenFund participating. It is the company's first raise since Beijing forced Meta to unwind its acquisition of Manus and the startup returned to independent operations; Chinese outlets call it the largest single round for a domestic agent-native startup. Bloomberg had reported the round would value the company at about $4 billion, a figure the company did not confirm; Manus released Manus 2.0 and a multi-agent group chat app called Cue on September 29, built on its in-house Cascade agent framework. Why it matters: The round shows investors still concentrating on agent products that can actually execute and ship, giving Manus fresh capital as large labs fold agent features into their main products. What do you think?

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