--- title: "Manus eyes $1bn raise to buy itself out of Meta acquisition after Chinese block" url: https://daily.dev/posts/manus-eyes-1bn-raise-to-buy-itself-out-of-meta-acquisition-after-chinese-block-pasx25hqu source_url: https://thenextweb.com/news/manus-1bn-raise-unwind-meta-acquisition-china-ndrc type: article source: "The Next Web" published: 2026-05-21T09:09:33.918Z updated: 2026-05-21T09:09:53.597Z tags: ["ai-agents", "ai-regulation"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Manus eyes $1bn raise to buy itself out of Meta acquisition after Chinese block **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Manus AI, the Singapore-headquartered agentic AI startup, is reportedly weighing a $1bn fundraise to buy itself back from Meta following China's NDRC order to unwind Meta's $2bn+ acquisition. Beijing blocked the deal citing concerns over outflow of strategically important AI technology and the company's Chinese-origin roots, despite Manus having redomiciled to Singapore. The new raise would value Manus above the original acquisition price, fund the separation work, and capitalize the standalone business. The case sets a significant legal precedent: a Singaporean redomicile no longer cleanly neutralizes Chinese investment-review risk for companies with Chinese-origin technology. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Meta cuts Manus off from data systems, begins unwinding deal](https://daily.dev/posts/meta-cuts-manus-off-from-data-systems-begins-unwinding-deal-4w4vf3rgn) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#ai-regulation](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-regulation) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/manus-eyes-1bn-raise-to-buy-itself-out-of-meta-acquisition-after-chinese-block-pasx25hqu)