Plain-English answers to questions about Manus. Facts and limits checked in November 2026.
An autonomous AI agent from Singapore-based Butterfly Effect; Manus 2.0 launched on 28 September 2026 and executes multi-step work end to end.
The agent shipped with Manus 2.0 that has its own email, phone number and wallet to act on a user's behalf.
Beijing blocked Meta's reported 2 billion dollar bid; Manus went independent again, is reportedly raising at a 4 billion dollar valuation, and headlined Web Summit 2026.
Treat it like any agentic system: limit what it may read, change and send, put approval before payments, keep an audit trail and pilot before scaling.
Chatbots answer questions; Manus acts. That shifts the business question from accuracy to governance.
