China's Manus AI announced on Tuesday a strategic partnership with the team behind tech giant Alibaba's Qwen AI models, a move that could bolster the artificial intelligence start-up's roll-out of what it called the world's first general AI agent.

China's Manus AI, a viral autonomous agent developed by Tencent-backed startup The Butterfly Effect, is partnering with Alibaba's Qwen team to create a localized version as it gains global attention and draws comparisons to DeepSeek.

Chinese start-up Manus AI has announced a strategic partnership with the developers behind Alibaba's Qwen AI models, a move aimed at enhancing its newly launched general AI agent. The partnership is expected to boost Manus AI's ability to manage rising user demand and expand its technological capabilities.