So, Manus AI sold for $1-2B to Meta.
A few of my takeaways to people in silicon valley and not:
1. Manus treated distribution as a first-class expense, spending heavily on creators to win attention early
2. That spend worked because creators showed the product in use, not
If you want to build the next Manus and sell to Meta for a few billion, a few things stand out:
1. Pick a capability people already wish AI could do and make it visible on screen doing that exact thing
2. Optimize the product for being watched before optimizing it for being
more details around the manus acquisition

Rohan Paul
@rohanpaul_ai
12-30
More details coming out on Meta's Manus acquisition.
- Meta has not disclosed a price, but multiple outlets report “more than $2 billion”, and some sources peg a range of $2–3 billion. The agreement reportedly came together in about 10 days.
- Meta says it will keep operating x.com/rohanpaul_ai/s…

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