TL;DRMeta has cut Manus off from its internal systems and told staff to sunset the platform. The $2 billion acquisition is being dismantled after Beijing ordered it unwound in April, and Manus’s founders are trying to raise $1 billion for a buyback.
Meta has erected a data firewall between itself and Manus, the Chinese-founded agentic AI service it acquired for $2 billion in December 2025. Since the start of June, Manus and its staff have been barred from accessing Meta’s internal data systems, and Meta employees can no longer use Manus tools for internal projects, according to Bloomberg.
An internal memo viewed by Bloomberg instructed staff to migrate existing Manus projects onto Meta’s own systems and not to start new work on the platform. Meta is “sunsetting” Manus, the memo said.
Why the deal is being unwound
China’s National Development and Reform Commission ordered the deal unwound in April 2026, after a four-month regulatory probe that began almost immediately after the acquisition was announced. The NDRC concluded that the transaction violated foreign investment and technology export rules, even though Manus had relocated its headquarters and key staff from China to Singapore in 2025.
