Manus AI
| What they do | Action engine that executes tasks and automates workflows on a user's behalf. |
|---|---|
| Website | https://manus.im/ |
| Category | ai-agents |
| Country | China |
| Attending 2026 | confirmed: Tao Zhang (Co-founder & CPO) is a public speaker listed by Web Summit for LIS26 |
| Attending as | speaker's company |
| Why it matters to us | story: general-purpose action agent ("goes beyond answers to execute tasks"); co-founder speaking; the archetype of an agent that needs a behaviour policy |
| Decision (proposed) | write-about |
| Priority | 2 |
| Owner on our team | to decide |
| Status | to contact |
On the graph
In Agent frameworks, runtimes and products.
- relevant-to RiskMandate Agent Behaviour Policies: a general action agent is the archetype that needs a mandate (our judgement)
Assets made for them
None yet.
Sources
- websummit.com/attendees/lis26/b293ad86-071e-4c48-8786-5486e3ceb04e/tao, read 2026-11-01: public speaker listed by Web Summit for LIS26: Tao Zhang, Co-founder & CPO, Manus AI
- websummit.com/speakers/, read 2026-11-01: the 2026 speaker / featured attendee list that links to that page
- manus.im/, read 2026-11-01: what the company does, from its own site
- fastcompanyme.com/news/web-summit-set-to-host-its-largest-chinese-tech, read 2026-11-01: Fast Company ME, 9 Oct 2026: Manus AI in the Chinese delegation; Tao Zhang listed as speaker