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Mon. 03/10 – Is Manus “DeepSeek” 2.0?

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Well, do we have another DeepSeek moment on our hands? I tell you about Manus, which had some people losing their minds over the weekend. Now do we have the first signs of the AI M&A I’ve been looking for? Absolutely everybody wants to get in on the Stablecoin business. And the AI crisis at Apple delayed a product we might have seen this month. Sponsors: Kinsta.com/brian Timeline.com/ride Links: China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything (Forbes) Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’ (TechCrunch) Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices (BleepingComputer) ServiceNow Nears Deal to Buy AI Assistant Maker Moveworks (Bloomberg) Banks and fintechs join ‘stablecoin gold rush’ (Financial Times) Apple Clears the Decks With Rare Early-Year Product Frenzy (Bloomberg) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Tech meme right home from Monday, March 10th, 2025. I'm Brian McKellah today.

0:08.0

Well, do we have another deep seek moment on our hands? I tell you about Manus, which had some people losing their minds over the weekend.

0:15.0

Now, do we have the first signs of the AI M&A I've been looking for?

0:19.0

Absolutely everybody wants to get in on the stablecoin business,

0:21.4

and the AI crisis at Apple delayed a product we might have seen this month. Here's what you

0:25.7

miss today in the world of tech.

0:32.9

Well, maybe you heard about Manus over the weekend. Some folks are calling this China's new

0:37.7

deep-seek moment. If so, the breakthrough here is that the creators claim this is the

0:43.1

world's first truly autonomous AI agent. Quoting Forbes, Manus represents something entirely different.

0:50.2

It is not just another model. It is an agent, an AI system that thinks, plans, and executes

0:55.0

tasks independently, capable of navigating the real world as seamlessly as a human intern with

1:01.1

an unlimited attention span. Within hours, its March 6 launch would send shockwaves through the

1:07.0

global AI community, reigniting a debate that had simmered for decades.

1:16.0

What happens when artificial intelligence stops asking for permission and starts making its own decisions?

1:19.9

From analyzing financial transactions to screening job candidates,

1:24.7

Manus navigates the digital world without oversight making decisions with a speed and precision that even the most seasoned professionals struggle to match.

1:27.8

In essence, it is a digital polymath trained to manage tasks across industries without the

1:32.8

inefficiencies of human hesitation. This is what sets Manus apart from its western counterparts.

1:38.4

While ChatchipT4 and Google's Gemini rely on human prompts to guide them, Manus doesn't wait

1:43.6

for instructions.

1:44.5

Instead, it is designed to initiate tasks on its own, assess new information, and dynamically

1:49.2

adjust its approach. For instance, given a zip file of resumes, Manus doesn't just rank

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