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.

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.

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.