Manus will return to operating as an independent company

https://manus.im/blog/a-note-to-our-users

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stephantul•42m ago

Anyone have info on whose regulatory restrictions they are referring to?

rangestransform•39m ago

China prevented the founders from leaving the country

minraws•37m ago

I think they were talking about the part,

> As part of our transition back to independent operations and to comply with regulatory requirements in specific jurisdictions, data generated by certain users on/after December 29, 2025, will be deleted from 8:00 a.m. on August 23 through August 24, 2026 (SGT). Affected users will be able to back up their data from now until 7:59 a.m. on August 23, 2026 (SGT) and restore it starting from 8:00 a.m. on August 25, 2026 (SGT).

minraws•38m ago

I would guess EU? Technically a bunch of countries don't allow data to be with Manus aka Chinese cloud services.

For instance, India has quite literally banned Alibaba Cloud and related.

makeavish•36m ago

No it’s Chinese state who is preventing founders from leaving China https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/06/12/meta-reportedly-begins-d...

kristianc•38m ago

Almost certainly Chinese national-security and technology-transfer restrictions around strategic AI tech. China’s NDRC formally prohibited the acquisition and ordered the transaction unwound.

galaxy_quest•36m ago

The Chinese government blocked Meta’s acquisition.

https://archive.is/yFCIt

econ•21m ago

Perhaps unfairly my interest suddenly dropped to zero when the acquisition was announced. The hype also seemed gone?

iamcoder18•11m ago

Absolutely. Haven't heard anyone talk about recently.

trouve_search•21m ago

Does anyone here use Manus actively?

I found it worse than alternatives in the similar space (Claude, genspark, kagi research, etc.) and slightly baffling they were being acquired at a $2B valuation in the first place.

alansaber•13m ago

Valuations are significantly leveraged compared to actual user metrics. My impression of Manus was that, like Perplexity, some users were using it to get around firewalls/regulation.

simonw•11m ago

ChatGPT Work and Claude Cowork (and OpenClaw) are established now - they weren't at all in December 2025 when Meta tried to buy Manus.

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