Insider: Manus seeks to raise tens of millions of dollars in Silicon Valley at a valuation of $500 million

Odaily Planet Daily News: People familiar with the matter revealed that the Manus AI team is negotiating with potential investors, including American venture capital institutions, and plans to conduct a new round of financing with a valuation of at least US$500 million (approximately RMB 3.75 billion), which is about five times the previous valuation. The developer of Manus is Butterfly Effect. According to people familiar with the matter, the company, whose main team is located in Beijing, has recently contacted some American investors online and offline, and the scale of this round of financing may reach tens of millions of dollars. It is reported that Manus uses tools such as Anthropic's Claude AI model, and pays Anthropic an average of US$2 per task. The new round of financing may open Manus to more users. In this regard, Butterfly Effect, the research and development company of Manus AI, declined to comment (Jinshi)