Manus Agent: Viral Invite-Only Launch, Claude & Qwen

March 2025

Butterfly Effect’s Manus used Claude and Qwen instead of its own models; a demo drove Discord past 138,000 members and invite codes resold for thousands of dollars.

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TechCrunch

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South China Morning Post

News · Mar 11, 2025

Chinese AI agent Manus transcends chatbots, founder of start-up Butterfly Effect says

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