Meta didn’t buy hype.

What we’ll cover today:

• Meta buys revenue-first AI 🤖💸

• Why phones may fade next 📱

• Enterprises cutting AI tools 🪓

• The few AI bets that survive 👀

Meta buys Manus 🤖

1. Meta Platforms is acquiring Manus for around $2B because it is one of the few AI agent companies making real money.

2. Manus crossed $100M in annual recurring revenue in less than a year, which separates it from most agent startups that only show demos.

3. The deal helps Meta defend its massive AI infrastructure spending by pointing to a product that already monetizes intelligence.

4. Meta is cutting all Chinese ownership and operations to avoid future regulatory pressure in the U.S.

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The phone may be fading 📱

1. True Ventures believes smartphones are a poor interface for AI and will be used very differently within five to ten years.

2. The firm has a track record of betting early on new interaction models like wearables and connected hardware.

3. Its latest bet is Sandbar, a voice-based ring designed to capture ideas the moment they occur.

4. The larger thesis is that AI will move toward low-friction, ambient interfaces instead of screens and apps.

Enterprise AI spending gets ruthless 🪓

1. Enterprises plan to increase AI budgets in 2026 while cutting the number of vendors they work with.

2. Companies are moving away from pilots and toward tools that show clear returns in production.

3. Spending will concentrate on data foundations, model optimization, and governance layers.

4. Many AI startups will struggle unless they have proprietary data or strong defensibility.

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