Manus, the viral AI agent platform out of China, has launched paid subscription plans, a mobile app, and other upgrades.
Manus has kick-started an AI agent boom in China
A stampede of contenders and copycats has followed the launch of the general AI agent, but China’s internet restrictions have so far made it easier to cater to overseas users.
Lexicon: How China talks about 'agentic AI' - DigiChina
Three months after the Chinese AI company DeepSeek shocked global markets with a highly capable reasoning model, another China-linked company made a splash with a capable agentic AI system. Did Manus, released in March 2025, portend Chinese leadership in AI systems that go beyond chatbots to take action on the user’s behalf? Victor Mustar, head […]
Manus Joins Meta for Next Era of Innovation
Manus is joining Meta, and we’ll continue delivering our current services while accelerating product improvements to bring more powerful, reliable general AI agent capabilities to more users and businesses.
🐙 The 14 pains of billing for AI agents - Arnon Shimoni
(Basically, why the octopus grew new tentacles for agentic billing) A while ago, I wrote about the 14 pains of building your own billing system – that was back when billing was “just” complicated. It got mentioned quite a bit around the internet, and ended up #2 on the front page of Hacker News which […]
Introducing Manus Browser Operator
One extension that turns any browser into an AI browser. Automate tasks in premium platforms, CRM systems, and authenticated services using your trusted local sessions. Full transparency and control.
Machines of Buying and Selling Grace - Adam Behrens, New Generation
Anthropic Wants You to Pay Up for Claude Fable 5
Claude subscribers must soon pay usage-based fees to access Anthropic’s best consumer AI model—a sign that the golden era of AI subscriptions is ending.
Puma is a mobile browser for Ai agents. Private by design.
Puma is a mobile browser for Ai agents. Today with Puma you can: 1. Chat with Llama 3.2, Ministral, Gemma, Qwen, and other LLMs locally and never have your conversations leave your device 2. Summarize content and have follow-up chat via OpenAI, Anthropic and Gemini APIs 3. Access ENS, IPFS websites Long term we believe: 1. Your main mode of interacting online will be via Ai agents 2. Ai agents will not have bank accounts, they will have crypto wallets and special identity credentials 3. There’s an opportunity to create right incentive structures to allow for vibrant decentralized open ecosystem vs monolith big company controlling our future Ai agents Available FREE while in beta on the iOS App Store (iPhone & iPad) and Android Play Store.
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans | TechCrunch
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.
Mark Gurman on Twitter / X
Apple will let any AI platform - big apps include Gemini, Claude, Alexa, Meta AI etc. - to be queried in Siri if they enable an Extensions service inside of their iOS, macOS or iPadOS app. Apple will have a new section in the App Store. Unclear if there’s an approval process. https://t.co/RJObyPHB2u— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) March 26, 2026
AI Is Too Expensive
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The AI Industry Is Losing
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The Agentic Web and Original Sin
Microsoft is putting forth compelling proposals for the Open Agentic Web. However, the proposal needs digital payments, which will be key to creating a new content marketplace for AI.
Replit: Make an app for that
AI Is Slowing Down
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AI costs how much? GitHub Copilot users react to new usage-based pricing system.
Some report burning through their whole monthly "AI credit" allotment in a single day.
