INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Chinese startup Manus AI, which works on building tools related to AI agents, has picked up $75 million in a funding round led by Benchmark
at a roughly $500 million valuation, according to Bloomberg.The company will use the money to expand to new markets, including the United
round has quintupled the valuation of Manus, which previously raised somewhere north of $10 million from backers including Tencent and HSG
Manus came into the spotlight in March when the company launched a demo of a general AI agent that could complete various tasks
between $39 per month and $199 per month.
