Meta’s ex launches agent rival to Meta’s Muse

Manus’s relationship with Meta? It’s complicated. Just months after they called off their merger, they find themselves competing in the market for agentic AI platforms. Awkward! The company has just released a rebuilt version of its AI agent platform: “Manus 2.0 is not a version update. It’s a new architecture, new products, and new capabilities,” the company said in a blog post. The release is available on web, desktop, and mobile platforms and introduces a new agent harness called Cascade, dedicated execution environments, event-triggered automations, an upgraded desktop app called Manus Studio, and Cue, a standalone app for personal agents, the company said. Entering on Cue Cue is Manus’s alternative to Meta’s Muse app. It’s “a new standalone app for your personal agents, on your phone and desktop, built on the same infrastructure as Manus,” the company said. Each agent operates with its own identity and resources. “In Cue, each agent has its own email, phone number, wallet, and computer,” the company said, enabling it to communicate, transact within defined limits, and complete tasks independently. Cue also supports collaboration between agents. “Put several agents in a group …

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