{"slug": "tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind", "title": "Tencent moves to buy majority stake in Manus after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion deal", "summary": "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 integrate AI agents into WeChat, while U.S. investor Benchmark is expected to decline participation.", "body_md": "Tencent is in talks to buy a majority stake in AI agent startup Manus at the same $2 billion valuation, according to the Financial Times, after Beijing blocked Meta's acquisition. Tencent sees overlap with its own agent plans, including for WeChat. U.S. firm Benchmark is not expected to take part.\n\nThe article [Tencent moves to buy majority stake in Manus after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion deal](https://the-decoder.com/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind-its-2-billion-deal/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind-its-2-billion-deal/", "published_at": "2026-07-10 16:48:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 17:08:28.565796+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "ai-startups", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Tencent", "Manus", "Meta", "Beijing", "Benchmark", "WeChat"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tencent-moves-to-buy-majority-stake-in-manus-after-beijing-forced-meta-to-unwind.jsonld"}}