Tencent to become top shareholder of Manus in unwinding of Meta deal

Chinese AI startup to sever ties with Facebook parent under pressure from Beijing Meta acquired the Chinese agentic artificial intelligence developer in December 2025, but Beijing demanded an unwinding of the deal. © Kyodo GUANGZHOU — Tencent Holdings will acquire shares of Chinese artificial intelligence developer Manus from Facebook parent Meta to become its largest shareholder, Nikkei learned Thursday, a move that follows Beijing's efforts to keep the company under domestic control.

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