China’s Manus raises over $500M in first funding round since split with Meta

Chinese AI startup Manus raised over $500 million in its first funding round since Meta's $2 billion acquisition deal was canceled by Chinese authorities. The funding was led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, with participation from Tencent and others. Manus recently launched new AI products including Manus 2.0 and the Cue app for personal AI agents.