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    This note was originally published for subscribers of Trivium Tech Daily on January 9. It has been republished here with minor changes and edits. On December 29, Meta announced it would acquire Chinese AI startup Manus AI – reportedly for USD 2.5 billion. Inside China, the deal was widely applauded as a canonical home run: a blockbuster exit for startup founders who built a

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