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Meta-Manus deal faces scrutiny, founders hit with exit bans

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What happened: On March 25, FT reported that Beijing’s scrutiny over the USD 2 billion Meta-Manus deal has led to exit bans on Manus’s co-founders.

“Manus’s chief executive Xiao Hong and chief scientist Ji Yichao were summoned to a meeting in Beijing with the National Development and Reform Commiss...