""21 years ago and 13 years ago, two dropouts in this same room set out on their own journeys. Today, those paths merge," Ji wrote in the Monday X post."
""The 32-year-old Ji was the public face of Manus for its launch in March, introducing its \"general-purpose\" AI agent designed to carry out tasks autonomously. Meta announced its acquisition of Manus on Monday, which the Wall Street Journal reported exceeded $2 billion.""
"According to reports in Chinese media, Ji started a computer science degree at the Beijing Information Science and Technology University (BISTU) in 2010, but later dropped out to focus on entrepreneurship. He returned to BISTU in 2015 and graduated in 2018, according to a blog from the university."
Meta acquired Manus, a startup that built a "general-purpose" AI agent intended to carry out tasks autonomously. Manus cofounder and chief scientist Ji Yichao shared photos of his younger self and a young Mark Zuckerberg working at laptops in the Facebook House in Palo Alto. Ji began a computer science degree at Beijing Information Science and Technology University in 2010, dropped out to pursue entrepreneurship, then returned in 2015 and graduated in 2018. The Wall Street Journal reported the acquisition exceeded $2 billion. Ji served as the public face of Manus at its March launch. Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang is another recent college-dropout founder tied to Meta deals.
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