Sources: Manus investors and management are discussing unwinding Meta's $2B buyout at the same valuation, with Tencent in talks to become the largest investor (Zijing Wu/Financial Times)

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Manus may unwind Meta's $2B buyout as Tencent negotiates to become its largest investor, reshaping control of a prominent AI startup.

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<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0d04378d-d71b-4225-b31a-70504e358480"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260710/i1.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260710/p1#a260710p1" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Zijing Wu / <a href="https://www.ft.com/">Financial Times</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/0d04378d-d71b-4225-b31a-70504e358480">Sources: Manus investors and management are discussing unwinding Meta's $2B buyout at the same valuation, with Tencent in talks to become the largest investor</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Chinese tech giant set to become largest shareholder in AI agent start-up after Beijing ordered reversal of US takeover</p>