acquisition
3 published articles
Artificial Intelligence
Meta bought Manus for its infrastructure, not its chatbot
Manus joins Meta in a strategic acquisition that prioritizes agent infrastructure over consumer AI. With over 80 million virtual computers created and 147 trillion tokens processed, Manus becomes Meta's execution layer for enterprise automation.
2026-07-13
Acquisition
Mistral buys its way into physics, and a race against NVIDIA and Ansys
Mistral buys its way into physics simulation, acquiring emmi AI's neural surrogates for CFD and plasma turbulence. The deal puts Mistral in direct competition with NVIDIA and Ansys for the industrial engineering market.
2026-07-11
acquisition
Mistral just bought a company that makes physics run in seconds instead of weeks
Mistral AI acquires Emmi AI to develop physics foundation models that can predict physical behavior in seconds, unlocking accelerated product design, real-time digital twins, and faster tooling development for partners like ASML and Airbus.
2026-07-09