Insider: Manus seeks to raise tens of millions of dollars in Silicon Valley at a valuation of $500 million

Odaily News According to people familiar with the matter, the Manus AI team is negotiating with potential investors, including US venture capital institutions, and plans to raise a new round of financing at a valuation of at least US$500 million (approximately RMB 3.75 billion), which is about five times the previous valuation. The developer of Manus is Butterfly Effect. According to people familiar with the matter, the company, whose main team is located in Beijing, has recently contacted some US investors online and offline, and the scale of this round of financing may reach tens of millions of dollars. It is reported that Manus uses tools such as Anthropic's Claude AI model, and pays Anthropic an average of US$2 per task. The new round of financing may open Manus to more users. In this regard, Butterfly Effect, the research and development company of Manus AI, declined to comment (Jinshi)