Manus will engage in strategic cooperation with Alibaba’s Qwen team “to meet the needs of Chinese users”, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
The two companies are working closely to make sure that all Manus functions are available on “domestic models and computing platforms”, according to the statement, which did not specify a launch date.
A representative from Alibaba’s cloud computing unit confirmed the cooperation, saying both parties are collaborating on open-source models, adding that it looks forward to “working with more global AI innovators”. Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.
AI agents are programmes that are capable of autonomously performing tasks on behalf of a user or another system. These agents create a plan of specific tasks and subtasks to complete a goal using its available resources.