--- title: Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder description: Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup whose $2bn acquisition by Meta was blocked by Beijing on... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-in-talks-to-become-manus-largest-shareholder-naxwekruz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder | daily.dev og:description: Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup whose $2bn acquisition by Meta was blocked by Beijing on... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tencent-in-talks-to-become-manus-largest-shareholder-naxwekruz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/naxWEKruZ.png og:image:alt: Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: 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. # Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Tencent is in talks to become the largest shareholder in Manus, the Chinese AI agent startup whose $2bn acquisition by Meta was blocked by Beijing on national-security grounds. A consortium of original investors — including ZhenFund and HSG (formerly Sequoia Capital China) — plans to repurchase Manus at the same $2bn valuation, effectively reversing the deal. Tencent would hold the biggest single stake but remain a minority shareholder. US firm Benchmark is expected to exit, shifting the cap table toward predominantly domestic Chinese investors. Manus had grown its annualized revenue to an estimated $400–500m during its time under Meta's umbrella, up from ~$100m prior. The buyback restores Chinese ownership but removes the distribution advantages Meta provided, and the episode is seen as a template for how Beijing handles strategic AI assets going forward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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