Meta to acquire startup Manus, adding agents to bolster AI bet

(Bloomberg/Kurt Wagner) — Meta Platforms Inc. has agreed to acquire Singapore-based AI startup Manus, adding a popular artificial intelligence agent as the social-media company works to build a business around its massive AI investment.

Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has made AI his company’s top priority, and is spending billions to hire researchers, build data centers and develop new models. Manus, which had an annual revenue run rate of $125 million earlier this year, sells...