The article primarily reports that Meta (Facebook's parent company) and the Chinese AI startup Manus have completed their operational separation, ceased data sharing, and are gradually withdrawing from the previous acquisition deal.
Article author and source: Caitong News Agency
According to the latest market news, Facebook's parent company, Meta Platforms, has completed its operational separation from the Chinese AI startup Manus and has ceased data sharing between the two companies.
Not long ago, Bloomberg, citing sources familiar with the matter, reported that Meta had effectively built a firewall between itself and Manus.
According to sources, Meta has banned Manus and its employees from accessing the company's internal data systems since the beginning of this month, and Meta employees are no longer able to use Manus tools for internal projects.
As Meta implemented these isolation measures, Manus' three founders explored various options to meet Chinese regulatory requirements, including raising approximately $1 billion for share buybacks.
According to an internal memo seen by Bloomberg, Meta is phasing out Manus's business.
The memo shows that employees were told to migrate their existing Manus projects to Meta's system and not to start any new work on the Manus platform.
According to sources, the move to separate the two businesses marks another step forward in Meta's final divestiture of Manus.
Manus was founded in 2022 by Xiao Hong, Ji Yichao and Zhang Tao, and originated in Wuhan Optics Valley.
In late December 2025, Meta announced its acquisition of Manus for over $2 billion. According to media reports, the deal went from initial contact to signing in just about 10 days.
This acquisition was once hailed as a model for Chinese AI startups going global, but it was quickly ordered to be withdrawn. CCTV News interpreted this as prohibiting the non-compliant practice of companies "taking a bath before going global."
Since the transaction was halted by regulators at the end of April, a complex process for unwinding the transaction has begun.
