Hands-on with Manus 2.0: Cue Underwhelms, but the China Play Is the Real Signal
elsewhere别处发生 · wechat · 2026-09-29
The author gets early hands-on time with the Manus 2.0 bundle (Cascade, ManusStudio, Cue) and adds an industry-analysis take.
- Cue tested: after connecting Gmail, GitHub, Notion, Instagram and more, asking it to "show what you know about me" produced a cheesy AI-flavored visual letter—only bright spot: it dug through his street photography and paired same-city images
- Verdict: not impressive enough—agent concepts are digested, technical novelty is hard to repeat, and expectations for Manus are sky-high; cloud-context concerns are fading while Computer Use improves fast
- Industry view: 18 months after Manus 1.0, surviving app startups are just Manus, Liblib, Genspark; PM-founder, A2A social, and proactive-agent paths were quickly falsified; apps have narrowed to coding/office, video/games, and personal
- Biggest signal: not 2.0 itself but building a China-market team—most app startups must bet one way, while Manus is going multi-front; Muse, TodayAI, and Cue all landed within weeks, making Personal Agent the new hotspot
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