IIt’s already looking like 2026 could be the year data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/what-is-meta-ai-everything-you-need-to-know” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/ai-image-video/what-is-meta-ai-everything-you-need-to-know”>Meta AI finally levels up. According to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-startup-manus-adding-millions-of-paying-users-f1dc7ef8″ target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-buys-ai-startup-manus-adding-millions-of-paying-users-f1dc7ef8″ referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>The Wall Street Journal, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/meta” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/tag/meta”>Meta is in the process of acquiring data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/manus-ai-is-the-new-challenger-to-deepseek-everything-you-need-to-know” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/manus-ai-is-the-new-challenger-to-deepseek-everything-you-need-to-know”>Manus, an AI startup best known for building autonomous, “agentic” systems. Manus is an AI in a league of its own because it can take action and delivers finished work with minimal back-and-forth chatting.
On the surface, this acquisition looks like another big-ticket AI deal in an already crowded space. But for everyday users, it could quietly…
