Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd.
To develop advanced AI assistants and autonomous agents that empower users with seamless, intelligent task execution across all digital platforms.
Founding Story
Started in Beijing by Xiao Hong and team to create a 'ChatGPT co-pilot' for the browser (Monica). The vision expanded to creating autonomous agents (Manus) that can perform tasks independently, leading to a relocation of headquarters to Singapore for global scale.
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Leadership
Founders
Xiao Hong
Founder & CEO. Graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Former software reviewer and product manager. Previously rejected a $30M acquisition offer from ByteDance for Monica in early 2024.
Ji Yichao
Co-founder & Chief Scientist. Known for being the creator of 'Peak Player' and other high-profile tech projects. Known by the handle 'ji-yichao' on X (formerly Twitter).
Zhang Tao
Co-founder / Partner and Head of Product. Previously worked at a Chinese internet company in Beijing's Haidian District.
Executive Team
Xiao Hong
CEO
Strategic lead and founder with a background in software products.
Ji Yichao
Chief Scientist
Leads AI research and development of the core agentic models.
Business Model
Revenue Model
Subscription-based (SaaS) with tiered pricing for individual users and enterprise API/agent usage.
Pricing Tiers
40 basic model accesses per day, limited trials for advanced tools.
5,000 basic queries, 200 advanced queries, 1,500 advanced credits per month.
Unlimited basic and advanced models, 4,500 advanced credits, agent features included.
Unlimited access, 20,000 advanced credits, premium agent and integration support.
Target Markets
- Knowledge workers
- Developers
- Enterprises
- Content creators
- Professional research
- Software development co-piloting
- Personal productivity
- Content creation
- Automated web workflows
- 10 Million+ individual users globally
- Professional services firms using Manus for research
History & Milestones
Publicly launched 'Manus', a general-purpose autonomous AI agent capable of executing complex tasks.
Secured a $75 million funding round led by Benchmark Capital.
Acquired by Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook) for an estimated $2.0 billion.
Reportedly rejected a $30 million acquisition offer from ByteDance for the Monica AI product.
Butterfly Effect Pte. Ltd. incorporated in Singapore as part of a global expansion and restructuring strategy.
