Midjourney, the bootstrapped AI image company with $500M in annual revenue, acquired Co-Star, a social astrology app with 4.3 million monthly users, in its first-ever acquisition. The deal closed in s…
Meta Platforms Inc. is unwinding its acquisition of Chinese agentic AI start-up Manus, a deal that was forced by regulators, but the process has left the Facebook owner better off than it might seem, …
China's new Five-Year Plan omits a numerical target for urban job creation for the first time in decades, as unemployment stands at 5.1% and producer prices hit a four-year high amid AI-driven labor m…
A solo developer has launched Clark, an AI automation tool that claims to match the feature set of Manus, including a computer use agent and browser automation. With thousands of users already onboard…
A solo developer released Clark, an AI assistant that controls its own computer and browser, claiming 1:1 core feature parity with the Manus agent. The tool integrates with Google services and already…
Tencent is in talks to acquire a majority stake in AI agent startup Manus at a $2 billion valuation, following China's order for Meta to divest from the company in April. The deal would restore Chines…
Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder of AI agent startup Manus after Beijing ordered Meta to unwind its roughly $2 billion acquisition of the company. The deal would reset Manus' owne…
Tencent is preparing to acquire a majority stake in AI agent startup Manus at a $2 billion valuation, after Beijing blocked Meta's planned acquisition. The move signals Tencent's ambition to enhance i…
Tencent is in talks to acquire a majority stake in AI agent startup Manus at a $2 billion valuation, after Beijing blocked Meta's earlier acquisition attempt. The deal would support Tencent's plans to…
Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder of Manus, an AI startup that Meta had agreed to acquire for over $2bn before Beijing blocked the deal on national-security grounds. A consortium o…
Tencent is leading a consortium of Chinese investors to buy back AI agent startup Manus from Meta at the original $2 billion valuation, after China's National Development and Reform Commission ordered…
Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder of Chinese AI startup Manus, according to sources. The deal would value Manus at several billion dollars and mark Tencent's major push into AI age…
Tencent is leading a deal to unwind Meta's $2 billion acquisition of AI agent start-up Manus after Beijing ordered the reversal of the US takeover, with Tencent set to become the largest shareholder i…
Manus launched Branch on July 9th, a feature that lets users split a single AI chat into parallel sessions while retaining context. The tool aims to streamline agent workflows by allowing one research…
China is considering new restrictions on foreign access to its most advanced AI models, including limits on open-source and closed-source versions, penalties for leaks, and travel controls on AI execu…
A developer argues that the future of LLM usage lies in loops rather than single prompts, citing that products like Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Cursor Agent already operate on iterative loops that …
China plans to restrict foreign access to its most advanced AI models, including open-weight systems, in a move that could fragment the global AI market and raise costs. Beijing has held talks with Al…
A newsletter writer uses AI tools including Gemini and custom apps to automate summarization of tech news, saving time while preserving personal voice through manual editing. The writer also experimen…
China is considering cutting off foreign access to its top AI systems, including open-source models, following a meeting between state officials and tech developers Alibaba, ByteDance, and Z.ai. The m…
Meta faces two core problems: an advertising-dependent business model and massive AI infrastructure costs without a direct monetization path. The company's failed acquisition of enterprise AI firm Man…