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In the early morning of March 6, 2025, an earthquake hit the global AI field. Manus, a general-purpose AIAgent product developed by a China team, officially launched internal testing. It swept the technology circle overnight and the entire network competed for invitation codes. It was called the biggest surprise since DeepSeek by the industry. This product not only breaks through the limitations of traditional AI assistants, but also redefines the boundaries of human-computer collaboration with its ability to independently plan, perform complex tasks, and directly deliver results. Its birth is not only a leap forward in China’s AI technology, but also marks that the global AI industry has officially entered the golden age.
1. What is Manus? mdash; The world’s first universal AIAgent’s disruptive breakthrough
Manus was developed by the Monica.im team, and its founder Xiao Hong (nicknamed Xiao Hong) is one of the best serial entrepreneurs in China. As the world’s first general-purpose AIAgent (autonomous agent), Manus is positioned far beyond traditional chat robots or task assistants. Its core capability lies in autonomous execution on the entire link from goal setting to result delivery, which is completely comparable to the thinking and ability of human experts.
1. Technology positioning: digital agent with both hands and brains”
Manus’s name comes from the Latin MensetManus (meaning mindandhand, that is, hand and brain use), and its design philosophy emphasizes that knowledge must not only be carried out in the brain, but also with the hand. Unlike traditional AI assistants that only provide suggestions, Manus can independently complete complex tasks, such as screening resumes, analyzing stocks, planning travel, and even buying decisions, and ultimately output complete results (such as Excel spreadsheets, analytical reports, visual websites, etc.).
2. Technical architecture: multi-agent collaboration and code agents
Manus adopts the MultipleAgent architecture to simulate human workflow through the division of labor and collaboration of planning agents, execution agents, and verification agents. Each agent is based on an independent language model or reinforcement learning model, processes tasks in parallel in a sandbox environment, and communicates through APIs or message queues. For example, in a real estate purchase task, Manus can automatically decompose it into sub-tasks such as studying community security, screening housing, and writing budget procedures, and finally generate a complete report including security analysis and school evaluation.
In addition, its code agent design reconstructs the thinking process through programming languages, making complex decisions transparent and traceable, and supporting real-time revision of execution paths. This technological breakthrough allows it to surpass OpenAI similar products with significant advantages in the authoritative GAIA benchmark, setting a new record.
2. Manus ‘killer weapon: a comprehensive breakthrough from scenario to technology
Manus’s popularity is no accident. Its capabilities cover more than 40 scenarios from daily life to professional fields, demonstrating the perfect combination of versatility and execution.
1. Application scenario: 360 full-dimensional coverage from work to life
human resources：Unpack your resume package, process files asynchronously, generate candidate ranking tables, and remember user preferences (such as using Excel format first next time)。In the demonstration of screening resumes, Manus showed the efficiency and accuracy of a professional recruiter. At the beginning of the demonstration, the official sent a compressed file containing 10 resumes to Manus. It responded quickly by first extracting the file, and then methodically browsing each resume page by page to accurately record important information. It is worth mentioning that Manus has the ability to process files asynchronously, which means that users can turn off the computer at any time during task execution, and Manus will notify users in time after the task is completed. Subsequently, when users continued to upload 5 resumes, Manus was able to quickly integrate the information of all 15 resumes, give scientific and reasonable ranking suggestions, and provide detailed candidate information and evaluation criteria as a reference. Not only that, users can also ask Manus to generate spreadsheets. With its strong knowledge and memory skills, the next time a similar task is performed, Manus will directly deliver the results in the form of spreadsheets, which greatly improves work efficiency.
financial analysis：Call the API to obtain stock data, write Python code to analyze correlations, generate visual dashboards, and deploy websites。In the demonstration of stock analysis, Manus transformed into a professional stock analyst, demonstrating deep financial knowledge and strong data analysis capabilities. When asked to analyze the correlation between the stock prices of Nvidia, Maiwire Technology and TSMC over the past three years, Manus accessed authoritative data sources through the API to obtain accurate data information. After rigorously verifying the data, it quickly wrote code for data analysis and visualization to conduct in-depth analysis of stock price movements. After completing data analysis and visualization, Manus can also create a website based on the data. After authorized by the user, the website was successfully deployed online and provided links to share, making it convenient for users to view and share analysis results at any time.
Real estate decisions：Combine budget and security needs to automatically search for listings, verify data, and generate reports, comparable to professional brokers。In a demonstration case of combining family income with children’s school requirements, screening safe and low-crime communities in New York and purchasing properties that meet standard standards, Manus demonstrated excellent task disassembly and execution skills in the face of such complex tasks. It methodically breaks down the task into multiple specific steps: first, search and read articles about the safest neighborhoods in New York to gain an in-depth understanding of the safety conditions of each community; then study the situation of high schools in New York to check the children’s educational environment; then write a Python program to accurately calculate the budget to ensure that the purchase plan is within the financial range; based on the budget, carefully screen suitable listings on the real estate website; Finally, integrate all information, write detailed reports and collate relevant materials to provide users with comprehensive and detailed house purchase plans.
financial report analysis: Manus can quickly read the data in financial statements, use professional financial analysis methods to conduct in-depth analysis of the company’s financial status, profitability, solvency, operating efficiency, etc., and generate detailed financial analysis reports to provide strong data support for business managers.
B2B procurement: Manus can deeply understand the purchasing needs of enterprises, conduct comprehensive evaluations of product quality, prices, delivery dates, after-sales services and other aspects of many suppliers, screen out the best quality suppliers, and assist enterprises in procurement negotiations, contract signing, etc. Work to reduce procurement costs and improve procurement efficiency and quality for enterprises.
Personalized travel planning: Manus can conduct in-depth research on the destination’s tourist attractions, hotel accommodation, transportation and other information based on users ‘personalized needs such as hobbies, budget constraints, and time arrangements, and tailor unique travel plans for users, including detailed itinerary arrangements., recommended attractions, food guides, etc., make users’ travel more convenient, comfortable and colorful.
education curriculum development: Manus is able to design a scientific and reasonable curriculum framework based on teaching goals, student characteristics and subject knowledge system, and compile detailed teaching content, including courseware production, case analysis, exercise question design, etc., which greatly reduces teachers ‘workload and improves the efficiency and quality of curriculum development.
These cases show that Manus can not only handle a single task, but also complete complex operations across platforms and applications through independent planning and tool chain invocation. Its capabilities far exceed competitors such as Claude’s ComputerUse.
2. Technical advantages: Cloud asynchronous and memory capabilities
Manus runs entirely based on the cloud, allowing users to turn off their devices at any time and automatically notify the results after tasks are completed. Its memory function records user preferences (such as output format) and optimizes execution paths in subsequent tasks. For example, after the user first requests to generate a table, subsequent tasks Manus will directly call Python script automation.
3. Performance verification: GAIA benchmark lead”
In the GAIA test, which evaluates the ability of general AI assistants to solve real-world problems, Manus achieved SOTA (state-of-the-art level) in all three difficulty levels, with an average score far exceeding GPT-4Turbo (7%) and Complex Multi-Agent Systems (40%). This achievement confirms the superiority of its technical architecture.
3. The power of China behind Manus: Collaborative innovation of technology, business and ecology
Manus’s success stems not only from technological breakthroughs, but also from the innovative genes and commercial vision of the China team.
1. Founder Xiao Hong: From low-hanging fruits to the peak of technology
Xiao Hong, born in 1992, is a legendary young serial entrepreneur. He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His entrepreneurial journey has not been smooth sailing, but is full of challenges and twists and turns. Early entrepreneurship encountered setbacks, but with his tenacious perseverance and keen market insight, he decisively turned to developing editing and data analysis tools urgently needed by operators of Weixin Official Accounts in 2016. This transformation can be called a stroke of genius. Once the product was launched, it was a great success, quickly attracted millions of users, achieved profitability, and was finally successfully sold to a unicorn company in 2020.
In 2022, the wave of big models is surging. With his accurate grasp of industry trends, Xiao Hong keenly captured the huge potential contained in the AI field, resolutely founded Monica, and set his eyes firmly on overseas markets. By launching the independent developer product ChatGPT for Google, Monica successfully completed its cold start, and a large number of users poured in. As of 2024, Monica’s number of users has exceeded 10 million, ranking first among similar overseas products, and continues to maintain considerable profits, laying a solid foundation for the birth of Manus. The launch of Manus is a strategic upgrade from tool integration to technological originality.
2. Open Source and Ecology: The Ambition of Technology Inclusive
Manus plans to open source some models (such as inference modules) within the year and use a multi-signature system to ensure security. This open and win-win strategy not only attracts developers to build an ecosystem, but also strengthens technical barriers.
3. Commercialization path: full coverage from B-end to C-end
In the early days, Monica focused on overseas markets and made profits through subscription. Manus targets enterprise-level scenarios (such as recruitment, finance, and supply chain), and also meets the needs of individual users through asynchronous task processing, forming a two-wheel drive of B-side payment + C-side traffic.
4. The far-reaching significance of Manus: The answer for China in the AIAgent era”
The birth of Manus is not only a technological breakthrough, but also has a profound impact on the global AI industry pattern, human-machine relations and social economy.
1. Technology paradigm revolution: From tools to partners”
Traditional AI stops at generating answers, while Manus implements a closed-loop of thinking-planning-execution, marking the shift of AI from passive response to active collaboration. As founder Xiao Hong said, the Agent era is evolving from functional machines to intelligent machines, and may become a core component of LLM-OS (Big Model Operating System) in the future.
2. Industrial Impact: Reshaping Productivity and Employment Structure
Enterprise: Manus can replace some white-collar jobs (such as data analysis and report writing), releasing manpower into high-value creative areas.
Personal: Digital interns online 7×24 hours a day reduce the cost of living decisions and promote the inclusiveness of personalized services.
Global competition: With Manus, China leads the field of general AI Agents for the first time, breaking Western technology monopoly and providing China solutions for global AI governance.
3. Challenges and hidden concerns: Technology ethics and data security
Privacy risk: Manus needs to call on sensitive data (such as financial and property information), and how to balance efficiency and security remains the key.
Employment impact: Low-skilled positions may be eliminated at an accelerated pace and require supporting skills training and social protection.
Technology dependence: Over-reliance on Agents may lead to the degradation of human decision-making capabilities, and an ethical framework for human-computer collaboration needs to be established.
5. Conclusion: The prelude to the golden age
The emergence of Manus is a milestone in China’s AI industry from following to leading. It not only proves the value of technological originality, but also demonstrates the infinite possibilities of AIAgent in reshaping production, life and business logic. As the impressive results of the GAIA test indicate, AI’s hands and brain are finally working together, and the China team is the leader of this revolution.
In the future, with the improvement of the open source ecosystem and the expansion of application scenarios, Manus may become a key cornerstone on the road to AGI (General Artificial Intelligence). For the world, this is not only a victory for technology, but also a declaration of a new era: the golden age of AI, with China lighting up the first light.
