China’s viral AI agent gets major funding boost: Last month, a little-known startup called Butterfly Effect stunned everyone with Manus, a general-purpose agent that seemed to beat OpenAI and other well-resourced rivals — recalling the DeepSeek surprise from earlier this year. Now, it’s just landed $75M in new funding, bringing its valuation to $500M. But it faces some stiff competition, the latest being Simular, whose AI assistant can supposedly shop, do taxes, and scour the web alongside you.
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