Manus (bought by Meta for $2B) will become Meta's agent layer inside WhatsApp, operating on behalf of advertisers

Manus (bought by Meta for $2B) will become Meta's agent layer inside WhatsApp, operating on behalf of advertisers | Meta bought Manis for $2 billion, right? Manis will appear in WhatsApp and everything soon as its own version of open core effectively but a lock down thing and then it will encourage you to give more and more of your data to Manis that will then operate on behalf of Meta's advertisers effectively.

Meta bought Manis for $2 billion, right? Manis will appear in WhatsApp and everything soon as its own version of open core effectively but a lock down thing and then it will encourage you to give more and more of your data to Manis that will then operate on behalf of Meta's advertisers effectively.

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