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…
LangChain revealed that four independent teams building AI coding and research agents — including Claude Code, Manus, and OpenAI Deep Research — all converged on the same underlying architecture witho…
Markdown files are a legitimate pattern for agent memory in single-agent, single-user scenarios, but the approach breaks at scale, under concurrent agents, and as facts change and errors compound. Com…
Chinese investors including HSG, ZhenFund, and Tencent are in talks to buy back AI startup Manus from Meta for $2 billion, the same price Meta paid six months ago, after Beijing mandated the deal's un…
Original investors in Manus, an AI firm, plan to buy back the company from Meta for $2 billion, according to a report. The deal would reverse Meta's acquisition of the startup and return it to indepen…
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Chinese AI startup Manus, cutting off data sharing and access to internal systems, after Beijing ordered a divestiture on national security gro…
Meta is developing three new modes for its Meta AI web assistant: Deep Research, Presentation, and Social. The Deep Research mode will search the web and return structured summaries, the Presentation …
Meta Platforms has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus after Chinese authorities ordered the deal reversed in April, according to CNBC and Bloomberg. Meta completed an operational sp…
Product builder and newsletter author Lenny Rachitsky released the second installment of his curated book recommendations, featuring 24 titles organized by professional and personal development goals.…
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman is stepping down from Microsoft's board of directors after nearly a decade to focus on Manus, his AI-powered drug discovery startup. The company, which has raised over…
Vibe coding, the practice of using plain English to prompt AI to write code and build apps, has exploded in popularity in 2026, with tech CEOs, retirees, and even children participating. Business Insi…
Benchmark has closed $2bn across two new funds, including a $1.25bn growth fund, its first dedicated to later-stage investments, alongside a $750m early-stage vehicle. The move breaks the firm's long-…
Kolega built 24 apps across three AI coding platforms — Lovable, Replit, and Manus — using default settings and no manual hardening, then scanned all codebases for vulnerabilities. The experiment foun…