# China Killed Meta’s $2B Manus Takeover — the AI Agent Startup Just Secured $500M Anyway

While Beijing was unwinding Meta's roughly $2 billion purchase of Manus this spring, the AI agent startup went out and secured a round of more than $500 million anyway. Butterfly Effect, the startup's parent company, announced the funding in a WeChat post. Boyu Capital and IDG Capital led the invest

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| Published | 9 October 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/china-killed-metas-2b-manus-takeover-the-ai-agent-startup-just-secured-500m-anyway/