Meta has already moved Manus team members into its Singapore offices and given them Meta corporate accounts and other access, even as Beijing opened a review of the transaction days after it was announced. [1]
The team’s integration means employees and assets have already been absorbed and investors paid, leaving little room for an easy reversal, according to the report. [1]
Experts said unwinding the deal would be difficult. Paul Triolo said “disentangling them ... is going to be tricky,” while Yuwen Pei said “unwinding the deal in practice will be time-consuming and complex.” Tom Nunlist added that, given the acquisition has gone through and people and assets are already integrated, it is hard to see how unwinding it could be done. [1]
An analyst said the case also shows U.S.-China competition has moved beyond chips and models into engineering and product design. [1]
Beijing’s review remains the next formal step in the case, but the report said the transaction had already proceeded by the time of publication. [1]