Original Coverage & Source Attribution: asia.nikkei.com
The Manus AI agent app is displayed on a mobile phone: The startup’s parent, Butterfly Effect, has raised more than $500 million in new funding. © Reuters
CISSY ZHOU
HONG KONG — Manus’ parent Butterfly Effect has raised more than $500 million in fresh funding after Beijing’s order to unwind the AI startup’s $20 billion acquisition by U.S. tech giant Meta, the company announced Thursday.
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