ম্যানাস আবার একটি স্বাধীন কোম্পানিতে পরিণত হয়েছে। আজ @ManusAI অফিসিয়ালি ঘোষণা করেছে যে এটি পুনরায় স্বাধীনভাবে পরিচালিত হচ্ছে, এবং শিয়াং হংসহ প্রতিষ্ঠাতা দল কোম্পানির নেতৃত্ব দিচ্ছে। এটি নিজেকে একটি independent agent lab হিসেবে পজিশন করেছে, এবং এখনও জেনারিক Agent-এর উপর কাজ করবে, যাতে Agent-গুলি কাজের প্রক্রিয়ায় আরও গভীরভাবে অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়, বাইরের পরিবেশের সাথে সরাসরি ইন্টারঅ্যাক্ট করে, এবং ব্যবহারকারীদের জন্য আরও জটিল কাজগুলি সম্পন্ন করতে পারে। ২০২৫ সালের ২৯শে ডিসেম্বর, Meta-এর ঘোষণা হয় যে এটি Manus-কে অধিগ্রহণ করেছে। লেনদেনের পরিমাণ আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে প্রকাশিত হয়নি, তবে Reuters-এর 20-30 বিলিয়ন ডলারের মূল্যায়ন, Bloomberg-এর 20 বিলিয়ন ডলারেরও বেশি লেনদেনের প্রতিবেদন। এই লেনদেনটি তখন গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ছিল, কারণ Manus-একটি প্রচলিত “মডেল-বিক্রয়”-কোম্পানি ছিল না। এটির সত্যিকারের মূল্যবানটি ছিল Agent-পণ্য, ব্যবহারকারী, এবং 이미 구축된 task execution system। Meta-এর নিজস্ব model, compute power, 10+বিলিয়ন user-এরা 2025-এর শেষদিকে, industry-wide transition from chatbots to true agents—যারা software-কে control, tools-কে invoke, and complete tasks—এইদিকেই move-করছিল। Manus-টি 2025-এর time-এ global attention-পাওয়া first-mover general agent product-গুলির among one। Meta-এর original plan-ও Manus-কে independent operation-এ maintain-করা, and its agent capabilities integrate into Meta AI and its consumer & enterprise product ecosystem। যদি this deal-টি normal progression-এ proceed-করত, Manus-টি Meta Agent strategy-এর within a relatively independent product and tech team-এ become-করত। কিন্তু situation-টি quickly changed। এইবছর April-এ, Chinese regulators Meta-কে this acquisition revoke-করত demand-করল, national security, and Chinese AI technology & talent transfer to US companies-এর reason-এ। এখানে most interesting point: Manus-টি Meta-এর acquisition-এর before itself already moved its HQ from China to Singapore। অর্থাৎ, company’s registration and operational structure-এর perspective-এ, it already tried its best to become an international company। But regulators clearly looked beyond just a registration certificate। Founding team’s origin, core technology’s development location, employees and R&D system’s remaining ties with China—সবই review scope-এ enter-করতে possible। গত 5 years-এ, Chinese startups-এর internationalization-এ common path: HQ move to Singapore, set up offshore entity, raise USD funding, serve global customers। This structure solved many financing and business problems, but Manus proved one thing: at the stage of true large-scale cross-border acquisition, a company’s “nationality” is far harder to redefine than imagined। April-এর after, market discussion shifted from how Meta would integrate Manus to how this deal would be unwound। May-এ, Bloomberg again reported a dramatic proposal: founders Xiao Hong, Ji Yichao, Zhang Tao consider raising ~$1B from external investors to buy Manus back from Meta। At that time, fundraising valuation needed to match or exceed Meta’s $2B+ acquisition price। Report even mentioned discussions about forming a new JV and potential future IPO in Hong Kong। But which of these proposals were ultimately adopted? Still no official answer। But from June onward, technical and organizational separation already happened: Meta started removing Manus from internal systems; Meta employees could no longer use Manus for internal projects; data sharing ceased। At this point, the deal had effectively entered reverse integration। The real depth of separation became clear in user data handling। August 11, Manus announced its return to independent operation and requested users in certain regions to back up data early। Official help docs even explicitly defined December 29, 2025 as Acquisition Day। For affected users, tasks, accounts, and connectors created after acquisition completion must be deleted। Users must export data first; once Manus’s independent system is ready again, they can restore it themselves। This proves that “restoring independence” is far more than changing shareholders or re-registering a company। At least some user data, account systems, and service infrastructure had already entered Meta’s post-acquisition architecture over the past eight months—and now must be re-established with clear boundaries। So today’s announcement should be more accurately understood as: Manus and Meta’s months-long separation has been largely completed at product and operational levels। But several key questions remain unanswered: First: Does Meta still hold any equity in Manus? If so, how much? Second: Through what structure did the founding team regain control? Was the rumored $1B funding round actually completed? Third: How much did Meta actually pay in this deal? And how much did it recover? Fourth: Will there be any future collaboration between the two parties on models, infrastructure, or business? One thing is certain: Manus has once again become an independent agent company controlled by its original founding team। But the more practical question left by these eight months is: Can Chinese AI companies that relocate HQ to Singapore, build USD structures, and serve global markets truly be treated as ordinary global tech companies? Maybe during fundraising—yes. But at the scale of billion-dollar M&A? The answer is clearly far more complex.