China has banned a planned acquisition of the AI startup Manus following a probe into Meta’s planned purchase of the firm.

Parties involved were told to “cancel the acquisition transaction”, said China’s top economic planning agency. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China has banned a planned acquisition of the AI startup Manus following a probe into Meta's planned purchase of the firm ...

Beijing's decision to block Meta's acquisition of Manus is a warning to other startups thinking of relocating data, talent and intellectual property abroad.

When Mark Zuckerberg's Meta acquired Manus, a Singapore-based AI startup with Chinese roots, many saw a routine deal. They don't know China.

What makes this case unusual isn't the ruling itself. It's how both sides responded. No lawsuits, no political theater. The block might not be as big a blow as it seems.

China has blocked Meta’s $2.5 billion Manus AI acquisition, raising new questions about cross-border AI deals and who ...

Manus catapulted onto the tech sphere when it unveiled what it called the “world’s first fully autonomous AI”. View on euronews ...

HONG KONG (AP) — China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s ...

China has blocked the sale of artificial intelligence start-up Manus to American tech giant Meta, months after it announced an investigation into the deal involving the Chinese-founded firm now based ...

SINGAPORE — Chinese authorities say they have banned Meta’s acquisition of Manus AI, an artificial intelligence company founded in China — taking Beijing’s most aggressive step yet to stanch the loss ...