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Manus AI

General-purpose AI agent (Manus) and agent products from Butterfly Effect; resumed independent operations after China unwound the $2B Meta acquisition
Manus is the AI-agent product of Butterfly Effect, the Chinese AI lab whose March 2025 demo of an autonomous general-purpose agent went viral. The company moved staff to Singapore in mid-2025. In December 2025 it announced a roughly $2B acquisition by Meta Platforms; Chinese authorities ordered the deal unwound in April 2026 over foreign-investment and export-control rules, Meta moved to unwind it by June, and Manus resumed independent operations in August–September 2026 under its founding team, deleting some post-acquisition user data to comply with regulators. Its products now span a chatbot, vibe-coding tools for apps and websites, design, presentation and video generation (Manus 2.0, on a new harness) and Cue, a standalone app that gives personal agents their own email addresses, phone numbers, wallets and computers. On 2026-10-08 Butterfly Effect said in a WeChat post that it had raised more than $500M, its first round since the Meta split, led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital with existing holders Tencent, HSG and ZhenFund participating; the company did not disclose a valuation. Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal had reported in September that the round would roughly double its valuation to about $4B, with a Hong Kong IPO restructuring under consideration. ARR was reported above $100M when the Meta deal was announced.
AI 📍 Singapore Founded 2022
Current Valuation
$500M
as of 2025-Q1
PRIVATE

QL Price

$727M
+45% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Manus AI, published 2026-10-14 — above the last disclosed round of $500M (2025-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
comps led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $500M 2025-Q1 weight 0.34
Public-company comparables $1.4B 2025-12 weight 0.12
How this price has held up
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IPO Outlookrumored

Is Manus AI going public?
An IPO is rumored, with nothing filed. Manus AI remains private and the date is not the company's.
What is Manus AI's valuation in 2026?
Manus AI is valued at $500M as of 2025-Q1, set by its Growth ($500M, Oct 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Manus AI filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Manus AI as of 10/14/2026; the IPO is rumored.
Who are Manus AI's investors?
Manus AI's investors include Boyu Capital, IDG Capital, Tencent, HSG, ZhenFund, Benchmark.
Is Manus AI publicly traded — can you buy Manus AI stock?
No. Manus AI is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Manus AI on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Manus AI →
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Company Profile

Founded
2022
HQ
Singapore
Employees
137
Est. Revenue
$100M (2025-12)
Growth
Raised >$500M on 2026-10-08 led by Boyu Capital and IDG Capital, its first round since China unwound the ~$2B Meta acquisition; reported at ~$4B (Bloomberg/WSJ, undisclosed by the company). ARR >$100M as of Dec 2025. Shipped Manus 2.0 and the Cue agent app in 2026; reportedly weighing a Hong Kong IPO.
Last Round
Growth — $500M (Oct 2026) · Lead: Boyu Capital / IDG Capital
IPO Status
rumored

Fundraising Status

Growth · $500M · this month
rumored3 disclosed rounds

Acquisition (unwound) Impact

Round Size
$2.0B
Primary financing announced
Post-Money Valuation
$2.0B
Company-announced mark
Valuation Step-Up
+300.0%
vs Series B at $500M
Round / Post-Money
100.0%
New capital ÷ post-money
Step-up compares disclosed post-money valuations. Round / post-money is a financing-size ratio, not an ownership or dilution estimate.

Growth & Valuation

Valuation across funding rounds
Valuation growth across funding rounds$500M$2.0BApr '25Dec '25
Capital raised per round
Capital raised per funding round$75MSeries B$2.0BAcquisition (unwound)$500MGrowth
Charts built from publicly disclosed funding rounds and revenue estimates. Approximate, not real-time, not investment advice.

Funding History

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Growth$500MOct 2026Boyu Capital / IDG Capital—
Acquisition (unwound)$2.0BDec 2025Meta Platforms$2.0B
Series B$75MApr 2025Benchmark$500M

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
250
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Manus AI" as of 2026-10-12. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

No public careers page or job board could be found for Manus AI as of 2026-10-14. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.

Investors

Boyu Capital · IDG Capital · Tencent · HSG · ZhenFund · Benchmark

Products

  • Manus — general-purpose AI agent (Manus 2.0 on a new architecture and harness)
  • Chatbot plus vibe-coding tools for apps and websites, design, presentations and video generation
  • Cue — standalone app giving personal AI agents their own email, phone number, wallet and computer, with user-set payment limits

Competitors

OpenAI · Cursor · Lovable · Replit · Genspark
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.