Meta saw its $2 billion buyout blocked. Manus gave AI agents wallets.
AI agent start-up Manus launched Manus 2.0 and an app called Cue on 28 September, Implicator.ai and Bloomberg reported.
Each Cue agent gets its own email address and phone number, plus a wallet and computer. It can send messages, answer calls and leave a summary. It can also pay within a budget set by the user.
The launch comes weeks after Beijing blocked Meta's $2 billion purchase of Manus and the two companies completed their split, according to Implicator.ai.
Manus is in talks to raise $500 million at a $4 billion valuation, about twice Meta's price. The round has not closed.
Manus says its new system used 23.2% fewer tokens and cost 32% less in one tested setup. The company did not describe the test, and the figures are unverified.
Cue is free in invite-only early access. Manus has not said what it will cost after that.
When an AI agent holds its own wallet, who in your company approves what it spends?
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For your next steering committee
- 1Ask which AI tools already touch your ERP or finance data, including the ones nobody approved.
- 2Ask what each tool is allowed to change, and who reviews what it changed.
- 3Ask how the result is measured, and who decides to switch a tool off.
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