1. Benchmark led the $75M at $500M valuation 2. Surpassing $1 million spent on Claude tokens, gaining over 150,000 followers on social media, and building a waitlist of more than 2.6 million users within weeks of closed beta testing. 3. In 2022: Manus started as an AI-powered browser plugin, originally as a “ChatGPT for Google” type of tool. 4. In 2023: The company secured Series A funding led by Tencent and Sequoia Capital China. 5. Early 2024: ByteDance attempted to acquire the developing company Monica behind Manus for $30 million, but the founder declined and continued developing the project. 6. March 6, 2025: Official launch of Manus as an autonomous artificial intelligence agent capable of independent, complex task execution including writing and deploying code. This launch gained global attention as a major technological breakthrough. 7. March 2025: Manus gained recognition for its autonomy, advanced tool integrations, multi-modal capabilities, and adaptive learning features. 8. July 2025: Manus underwent a significant update called "Wide Research," which involved deploying 100 autonomous agents, marking the biggest development since its launch. 9. Aug 2025: Manus surpassed $90M ARRR