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Manus AI

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Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 105.8 (Hot) (down 2.4 month-on-month), Asia is at steady (+0.5pts) on signal share.

Manus AI: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Artificial Intelligence median of 1 across 82 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.

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