与Meta交易终止后首轮融资,Manus募资逾5亿美元
蝴蝶效应公司10月8日表示,Manus在一轮由博裕资本和IDG资本领投的融资中募得超过5亿美元。这是中国国家发改委要求相关方终止20亿美元Meta收购案之后,Manus完成的首轮融资。

融资情况
蝴蝶效应在微信公众号发文称,现有股东腾讯、HSG和真格基金参与了跟投。母公司表示,Manus计划继续在中国和海外招聘,但没有说明资金用途,也未披露融资后的估值。
彭博社上月报道,这轮融资对Manus的估值约为40亿美元。若属实,它将成为中国估值最高的AI智能体公司。这一估值约为Manus去年12月所称达到的1亿美元年度经常性收入的40倍。本轮融资规模是Manus去年4月由Benchmark领投那一轮的7500万美元的六倍多。
欧亚集团中国区主管Dan Wang表示,这轮融资说明Meta案的短期冲击已被控制住,投资者愿意支持Manus作为独立公司发展。Asia Group中国区主管Han Lin表示,Manus眼下的任务是证明自己的规模、盈利能力以及与监管要求的契合度。
Meta交易终止
2026年4月27日,中国国家发展和改革委员会要求相关方撤回这笔20亿美元的交易,并表示将禁止外资投资Manus项目。这份只有一句话的声明没有点名Meta,也没有给出理由。Meta称该交易"完全符合适用法律",并预计"相关问询会得到妥善解决"。
据彭博社报道,Meta随后切断了Manus与其内部系统的连接。TechCrunch报道称,两家公司已停止数据共享。据CNBC报道,Manus在8月表示,部分用户需要备份2025年12月29日及之后生成的数据,以符合世界特定地区的监管要求。这一天正是Meta交易公布之日。据《华尔街日报》报道,Benchmark已收到其所得款项,腾讯、HSG和真格基金则表示将配合终止交易。
分拆之后
Manus在10月初表示,与Meta分拆后已恢复独立运营。据CNBC报道,分拆以来,它推出了基于自研执行系统Cascade的Manus 2.0,以及独立个人智能体应用Cue。在Cue中,每个智能体都有自己的电子邮箱地址、电话号码和移动钱包。
Omdia首席分析师Lian Jye Su对NPR表示,这项禁令表明中国愿意在AI人才和能力问题上强硬出手。中国将这些视为国家安全的核心资产,此举可能让美国科技巨头类似的收购计划有所顾忌。
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