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Manus AI Founder, Tao Zhang: Turning Intent into Intelligent Action

RAISE SummitTao Zhang, Lotto
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  • By the end of the current year, some users are expected to consume 24 hours of GPU time daily.
  • Following a four-month development period starting in November, the product launched on March 5, with public availability achieved in May after resolving LLM capacity constraints.
  • Based on three months of user feedback, a dedicated slides generation solution was planned for completion by the end of May, utilizing web technologies (HTML, JS, CSS) converted to PowerPoint formats.
  • The company maintains a strategy to not expose foundational model selection to users to preserve a simplified consumer product philosophy.
  • Corporate priorities focus on current revenues and immediate user experience delivery rather than AGI claims, with the view that AGI remains a future goal.
  • Organizational structure features blurred co-founder roles that enable simultaneous focus on technical details and strategic direction.
  • The product is positioned as a new era for AI tools, predicting a transformation in LLM interaction definitions.