Manus
Sells Manus, a general AI agent that carries out multi-step tasks such as research, slide decks, websites and design for individuals and teams on a credit-based subscription.
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Selected offerings — the AI products recorded here, not the vendor's full catalogue.
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Manus is a general AI agent that takes a goal and carries it out over several steps -- research, slide decks, websites, images and browser tasks -- in the web, desktop and mobile apps.
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No sourced competitor yet: no filing, vendor document or measured-market report read so far names a rival for this company, so none is asserted. The companies below are the closest by what their products do.
GensparkPrivate · $645M raisedManus and Genspark do comparable work on image generation, presentation generation and search answers; Manus's scale not recorded.4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareH
HyperWritePrivateManus and HyperWrite AI Agent (Personal Assistant) both serve buyers who need to have an agent run personal chores end to end; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareL
LindyPrivateManus and Lindy do comparable work on presentation generation; scale not recorded for either.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareR
ReplitPrivate · $9BManus and Replit Design do comparable work on image generation and presentation generation; larger scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareP
PerplexityPrivate · $20.4BManus and Comet do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (private).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareC
CanvaPrivate · $42BManus and Canva AI do comparable work on image generation and presentation generation; larger scale (private); ships application rather than the same layer.3 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareN
NaverPublic · $22.5BManus and Place Agent do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (public); ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAI
AGI, Inc.PrivateManus and AGI-0 both serve buyers who need to have an agent run personal chores end to end; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareK
KakaoPublic · $16BManus and Kanana do comparable work on image generation and search answers; larger scale (public); ships agent platform and application rather than the same layer.3 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareP
ProfoundPrivateManus and Profound AI Marketer do comparable work on search answers; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareF
FigmaPublic · $14.4BManus and Figma Weave do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (public); ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareY
You.comPrivate · $1.5BManus and You.com Answer API do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (private); ships API service rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareY
YandexPublicManus and Alice AI do comparable work on image generation and search answers; scale not recorded for either; ships API service, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareG
GammaPrivate · $2.1BManus and Gamma do comparable work on presentation generation; larger scale (private); ships application and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareAA
Artisse AIPrivate · $6.7M raisedManus and Artisse do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareLL
Luma LabsPrivate · $3.9BManus and Luma Agents do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (private); ships API service and application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareP
PhotoroomPrivate · $500MManus and Photoroom AI Fashion Models do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; ships API service and application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareOF
OpenClaw FoundationPrivateManus and OpenClaw both serve buyers who need to have an agent run personal chores end to end; scale not recorded for either.Shared product typeCompareI
IdeogramPrivateManus and Ideogram 4.0 do comparable work on image generation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareO
OpenEvidencePrivate · $12.2BManus and OpenEvidence do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (private); ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareTB
The Browser CompanyPrivateManus and Dia do comparable work on presentation generation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareA
ApplePublic · $4.6TManus and Image Playground do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (public); ships application and developer tool rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareZ
Z.ai (Zhipu AI)Public · $58.6BManus and AutoClaw do comparable work on presentation generation; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareB
ByteDancePrivateManus and TraeWork do comparable work on presentation generation; larger scale (private); ships agent platform, application and 2 more rather than the same layer.3 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareS
SemrushAcquired ($1.9B deal)Manus and Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit do comparable work on search answers; Manus's scale not recorded; Semrush is acquired, with no independent scale; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareR
RecraftPrivate · $42M raisedManus and Recraft do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; ships API service and application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareM
MidjourneyPrivate · $0 raisedManus and Midjourney do comparable work on image generation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareMP
Meta PlatformsPublic · $1.5TManus and Muse both serve buyers who need to have an agent run personal chores end to end; larger scale (public).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareL
LightricksPrivate · $335M raisedManus and Photoleap do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareG
Glean (Glean Technologies)Private · $7.2BManus and Glean Assistant do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (private); ships application and platform rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareHA
Halo AIPrivateManus and Halo AI do comparable work on image generation; scale not recorded for either; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareH
HiggsfieldPrivate · $1.3BManus and Higgsfield do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (private); ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareK
KreaPrivate · $83M raisedManus and Krea do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; ships application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareL
Leonardo.AiAcquired ($31M deal)Manus and Leonardo AI do comparable work on image generation; Manus's scale not recorded; Leonardo.Ai is acquired, with no independent scale; ships API service and application rather than the same layer.1 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareD
DropboxPublic · $7.8BManus and Dropbox Dash do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (public); ships application rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareE
ElevenLabsPrivate · $11BManus and Image to Video AI Conversion do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (private); ships API service, agent platform and 1 more rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareA
AmazonPublic · $2.8TManus and Amazon Quick do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (public); ships API service, agent platform and 6 more rather than the same layer.2 of 4 capabilitiesDifferent layerCompareX
xAIAcquired ($230B deal)Manus and Grok do comparable work on image generation and search answers; Manus's scale not recorded; xAI is acquired, with no independent scale.2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareO
OpenAIPrivate · $852BManus and ChatGPT do comparable work on image generation and search answers; larger scale (private).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareA
AnthropicPrivate · $965BManus and Claude in Chrome do comparable work on search answers; larger scale (private).3 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareA
AlibabaPublic · $273.4BManus and Quark do comparable work on image generation and search answers; larger scale (public).2 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareA
Alphabet (Google)Public · $4.2TManus and Gemini do comparable work on image generation and search answers; larger scale (public).4 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareM
MiniMaxPublic · $12.6BManus and MiniMax Design do comparable work on image generation; larger scale (public).1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareF
FalPrivateManus and fal Agent do comparable work on image generation; scale not recorded for either.1 of 4 capabilitiesShared product typeCompareClosest alternatives are pairs a vendor page itself compares. Similar products are matched from what each product does; nothing in that group is asserted as a rivalry.
Sources
- Total funding
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No cumulative total published. The company's post of 2025-12-17 states one round only: "Prior to our launch, we raised $75M led by Benchmark." Earlier rounds are not totalled on /about, /blog or the pricing pages.
- Valuation
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No equity valuation stated by the company. Caixin Global (2026-09-02) reports that "Investors including Tencent, ZhenFund and HSG bought back Manus shares from Meta for $2 billion" -- the price of reversing an acquisition, not a priced funding round, so it is not recorded as a valuation.
- Employees
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No headcount on /about or the company blog.
- Founded
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"Xiao founded Butterfly Effect in 2022, two months before the public launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT." Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd. is the company that develops Manus; Manus itself launched in invitation-only beta on 2025-03-06.
- Revenue (ARR)
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Caixin Global, 2026-09-02: "Manus's annual recurring revenue reached $400 million by late June, up from $100 million in December." A run rate, not trailing revenue. The December figure is the company's own: "Manus has crossed $100M in ARR, eight months after launch" (manus.im/blog/manus-100m-arr, 2025-12-17).
- Public listing
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Company disclosure · 24 Sep 2026
Privately held; no public listing or filing found.
- Status
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Company disclosure · 24 Sep 2026
Manus's own post of 2026-09-01: "Manus has formally resumed independent operations." Its post of 2025-12-29 announced "Manus is joining Meta"; Caixin Global reported on 2026-04-27 that China ordered the deal reversed and on 2026-09-02 that investors bought the shares back from Meta. Independent again, so recorded as active.
- Description
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