{
  "id": 4843336,
  "title": "Manus resumes solo operations after collapse of US$2 billion Meta deal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/manus-resumes-solo-operations-after-collapse-of-us-2-billion-meta-deal-4843336",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T10:30:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3365986/manus-resumes-solo-operations-after-collapse-us2-billion-meta-deal"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Chinese-founded artificial intelligence start-up Manus announced on Tuesday that it had formally resumed independent operations, more than four months after Beijing blocked its US$2 billion acquisition by Meta Platforms. The company’s founding team would continue to lead Manus as an “independent agent lab”, the firm said in a blog post on its website, as it sought to move on from a…",
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        "outlet": "SCMP Tech",
        "title": "Manus resumes solo operations after collapse of US$2 billion Meta deal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/manus-resumes-solo-operations-after-collapse-of-us-2-billion-meta-deal",
        "published": "2026-09-01T10:30:06.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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