Manus Agents launches on Telegram first despite being owned by WhatsApp parent Meta.
After bursting onto the scene last March with its “revolutionary” AI agent – according to a glowing Forbes report – the Chinese-founded Manus is introducing personal agents in messaging apps, starting with Telegram.
According to Manus, its in-chat agent has “full reasoning, tools and multi-step task execution” abilities. Telegram users can conduct research, structure data and make requests entirely through chat. The agent can transcribe voice and “understand intent” to execute tasks, Manus added.
Manus Agents is similar to the Austrian-made open source OpenClaw, which was acquired by OpenAI over the weekend.
Users can switch between two versions of the AI model – Manus 1.6 Max for tasks requiring deeper reasoning and creativity, and Manus 1.6 Lite for faster, everyday tasks.
