Meta’s Manus acquisition blocked by China
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It is still unclear how the deal would be reversed, with money already transferred and staff reportedly integrated after Manus moved operations to Singapore. The decision could cool China’s startup market and adds another setback for Meta as it races against OpenAI and Anthropic. ##### 2/ Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic View image: (https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/72e5fea8-237b-4bc2-ab0b-c4ffd86a3ea6/image_-_2026-04-27T193809.709__1_.png?t=1777298870) Caption: Google will invest at least [$10 billion in Anthropic](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/google-will-invest-as-much-as-40-billion-in-anthropic/), with the total potentially rising to $40 billion if performance targets are met, according to Bloomberg. The report comes days after Amazon committed $5 billion under a similar structure, with both deals said to value Anthropic at $350 billion. Demand has surged as Claude and tools like Claude Code gain traction with businesses looking to move faster and automate internal work. The funding would also help Anthropic lock in more chips and cloud capacity, showing how infrastructure has become one of the biggest weapons in the AI race. ##### 3/ A tiny island is quietly making millions from the AI boom View image: (https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/4d5c87e3-ed59-443c-830a-8cb7bd628257/worldatlas__1_.png?t=1777295821) Caption: Every time a startup buys a [.ai domain](https://x.com/abhijitwt/status/2048428264251912501?s=20), part of that money goes to Anguilla, the small Caribbean island that controls the extension. It was assigned .ai in the 1990s as part of the global domain system, years before artificial intelligence became a major industry. After ChatGPT triggered a startup wave, founders began using .ai as a badge of modern tech, pushing registrations from around 60,000 to more than 1 million. The boom has become so large that domain revenue now reportedly makes up nearly half of Anguilla’s national budget, helping pay for tax cuts, healthcare, and a new airport. ##### 4/ Anthropic lets Claude agents buy, sell, and negotiate deals View image: (https://media.beehiiv.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=scale-down,format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80/uploads/asset/file/513d1971-1685-477b-a231-79159d6e6cba/projectdeal__1_.png?t=1777299387) Caption: Anthropic recently ran [Project Deal](https://www.anthropic.com/features/project-deal), a week-long internal test where 69 employees handed buying and selling decisions entirely to Claude agents with no human approval. Each participant started with a $100 budget, while the AI created listings, negotiated prices, accepted offers, and completed trades inside Slack. The experiment produced 186 deals worth more than $4,000 across over 500 listed items. It also exposed a clear gap in model quality: Claude Opus agents consistently got better prices and closed more deals than Haiku versions, while most users did not realize they were getting worse results. The future of AI commerce may arrive faster than expected, but not all agents will be equal.” ---------- ---------- #### **PRESENTED BY AMD** ## [Ship faster. 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##### 1/ Meta's $2 billion Manus acquisition blocked by China Meta has reportedly been ordered by China to unwind its [$2 billion acquisition](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/beijing-blocks-meta-acquisition-of-chinese-ai-startup-manus/ar-AA21OBOP?gemSnapshotKey=GMF983B80F-snapshot-3&cvid=69ef6264a5b44eadbef15cbbd81dd9a2&ei=13) of AI startup Manus, in a rare move that reverses a deal after it had already closed. The notice is said to have come from China's National Development and Reform Commission, citing foreign ownership and national security concerns tied to advanced AI assets. It is still unclear how the deal would be reversed, with money already transferred and staff reportedly integrated after Manus moved operations to Singapore. The decision could cool China's startup market and adds another setback for Meta as it races against OpenAI and Anthropic. ##### 2/ Google will invest as much as $40 billion in Anthropic Google will invest at least [$10 billion in Anthropic](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/google-will-invest-as-much-as-40-billion-in-anthropic/), with the total potentially rising to $40 billion if performance targets are met, according to Bloomberg. The report comes days after Amazon committed $5 billion under a similar structure, with both deals said to value Anthropic at $350 billion. Demand has surged as Claude and tools like Claude Code gain traction with businesses looking to move faster and automate internal work. The funding would also help Anthropic lock in more chips and cloud capacity, showing how infrastructure has become one of the biggest weapons in the AI race. ##### 3/ A tiny island is quietly making millions from the AI boom Every time a startup buys a [.ai domain](https://x.com/abhijitwt/status/2048428264251912501?s=20), part of that money goes to Anguilla, the small Caribbean island that controls the extension. It was assigned .ai in the 1990s as part of the global domain system, years before artificial intelligence became a major industry. After ChatGPT triggered a startup wave, founders began using .ai as a badge of modern tech, pushing registrations from around 60,000 to more than 1 million. The boom has become so large that domain revenue now reportedly makes up nearly half of Anguilla's national budget, helping pay for tax cuts, healthcare, and a new airport. ##### 4/ Anthropic lets Claude agents buy, sell, and negotiate deals Anthropic recently ran [Project Deal](https://www.anthropic.com/features/project-deal), a week-long internal test where 69 employees handed buying and selling decisions entirely to Claude agents with no human approval. Each participant started with a $100 budget, while the AI created listings, negotiated prices, accepted offers, and completed trades inside Slack. The experiment produced 186 deals worth more than $4,000 across over 500 listed items. It also exposed a clear gap in model quality: Claude Opus agents consistently got better prices and closed more deals than Haiku versions, while most users did not realize they were getting worse results. The future of AI commerce may arrive faster than expected, but not all agents will be equal. # TRENDING TOOLS * [ChatGPT Images 2.0](https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/) > OpenAI's next-generation image model built for sharper visuals, stronger reasoning, and more reliable creative control * [Happenstance](https://happenstance.ai/) > Search your entire network with plain-language questions and instantly surface people you or your contacts already know * [ZeroHuman](https://zerohuman.inc/) > An AI co-founder that validates ideas, builds products, and runs growth on autopilot # WHAT I'M CONSUMING * [How to audit what ChatGPT knows about you and reclaim your data privacy](https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-privacy-settings-guide/) * [The AI middle class is disappearing](https://thenewstack.io/disappearing-ai-middle-class/) * [US maintains seven-month lead as DeepSeek V4 fails to close AI gap](https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/chinas-deepseek-v4-fails)
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