Tencent moves to buy majority stake in Manus after Beijing forced Meta to unwind its $2 billion deal

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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.

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