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.
At a reported $4 billion valuation, Manus prices at roughly 8-10x revenue and sets a reference point for China's general-purpose agent startups, showing capital still flows to independent agent firms even as major platforms ship their own agents.
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一则高调的融资公告，将一度被外界视为“第二个DeepSeek”的AI科技公司Manus再度推至公众视野中心。
10月8日，Manus宣布完成一轮超5亿美元的融资。据悉，此次融资由博裕投资、IDG资本领投，老股东腾讯、红杉中国、真格基金继续鼎力支持。
值得一提的是，这不仅是Manus宣布恢复独立运营后的首笔外部融资，也是迄今为止国内AI应用领域披露的最大一笔单笔融资。
时间拨回至2025年3月，Manus顶着“全球首款通用型AI智能体”的光环横空出世，随即爆火出圈。同年年底，美国科技巨头Meta以约20亿美元的交易价格，与Manus完成“联姻”。
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