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A universal AI agent product called Manus swept the global technology circle, and its founder Xiao Hong (English name Red) became a high-profile focus.
Public information shows that Manus founder Xiao Hong is a post-90s generation, born in 1992, 7 years younger than DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng (born in 1985). This young entrepreneur who graduated from the software engineering department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology has made his mark in the field of AI with his keen insight and outstanding execution, becoming a new star in the Chinese technology industry.
Xiao Hong's entrepreneurial journey began in 2015. After graduating from university, he founded Nightingale Technology and launched "Yiban Assistant" and "WeChat Assistant", serving more than 2 million B-end users and helping companies reach hundreds of millions of C-end users. With its excellent market performance, these two products have attracted hundreds of millions of investments from well-known institutions such as Tencent and Zhen Fund, establishing Xiao Hong's reputation in the field of corporate services. In 2022, he seized the wave of artificial intelligence, founded the "Butterfly Effect" company, and launched the AI browser plug-in Monica. By integrating mainstream big models such as Claude3.5 and DeepSeek, Monica quickly accumulates more than one million users and becomes a popular AI tool in the overseas market.
The Manus launched this time continues Monica's product philosophy and is positioned as the world's first universal independent AI agent. In the video released, Xiao Hong explained the origin of the naming of "Manus": it comes from the Latin word "hand", and it means using the hand and brain together with "Mens et Manus" (mind and hand). Manus can not only complete simple tasks, but also think independently, plan and execute complex instructions, surpassing OpenAI products in GAIA benchmarks and demonstrates strong multitasking capabilities.
In contrast, DeepSeek founded by Liang Wenfeng became a dark horse in the AI field in early 2025 due to its amazing growth rate of 8658%. However, Xiao Hong led Manus to emerge in the general AI agent track with his younger advantages and more flexible innovative ideas. Industry commented that Xiao Hong not only inherited the technical genes of Chinese AI entrepreneurs, but also showed a global vision and product philosophy that surpassed his predecessors.
Currently, Manus is in the internal beta stage, and the popularity of invitation codes around the world highlights its potential. Xiao Hong said that some models will be open sourced in the future to promote the universalization of AI technology. In the wave of AI, this post-90s founder is using the concept of "using hands and brains" to write his own legend.
