{"slug": "tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition", "title": "Tencent leads deal to unwind Meta’s $2bn Manus acquisition", "summary": "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 in the company.", "body_md": "# Tencent leads deal to unwind Meta’s $2bn Manus acquisition\n\nSource:\n\n[Financial Times Technology](https://www.ft.com/technology)Chinese tech giant set to become largest shareholder in AI agent start-up after Beijing ordered reversal of US takeover\n\nChinese tech giant set to become largest shareholder in\n\n[AI agent](/glossary/ai-agent)start-up after Beijing ordered reversal of US takeoverGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-dollar2bn-manus-acquisiti-rirj", "published_at": "2026-07-10 03:03:19+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 03:13:07.869109+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-policy", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["Tencent", "Meta", "Manus", "Beijing"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-leads-deal-to-unwind-metas-2bn-manus-acquisition.jsonld"}}