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Manus Hit $100M ARR in 8 Months, The AI Turns a Photo to Kids’ Book Made $6M a Year

Not selling books ,but a priceless memory

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John Tian
Dec 17, 2025
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Manus Hit $100M ARR in 8 Months

In just eight months, Manus has quietly surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue, with total annualized revenue exceeding $ 125 million. While it hit $90M ARRR in 5 months.

This makes it one of the fastest-growing AI startups to reach nine-figure ARR, as announced on the Manus blog.

Since launching Manus 1.5, the company has maintained a 20%+ monthly growth rate, rapidly iterating features and expanding what its AI agents can do.

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The platform has already processed 147 trillion tokens and spun up 83M virtual machine instances, powering a growing range of real-world use cases.

Behind the numbers, Manus raised $75M led by Benchmark and now employs 105 people across Singapore, Tokyo, and San Francisco, with Paris next.

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The team continues to hire aggressively, aiming to define the next layer of human-AI collaboration: delegation, not just conversation.

For anyone tracking AI agents, Manus is shaping up as a rare proof point that large-scale, agent-based workflows can be a foundation for massive growth.

The AI Turns a Photo into Kids’ Book Made $6M a Year

While many founders are experimenting with AI-generated children’s picture books, I recently discovered an incredibly simple product that sold over 100,000 copies and generated nearly $6 million in under a year.

What stands out is that it doesn’t use a subscription model. Instead, it turns what looks like a one-time purchase into a repeatable service.

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