2025-12-30 03:20:22

Meta's acquisition of Manus has attracted industry attention. From high-paying recruitment of AI talent with limited results to directly acquiring entire technology companies, Meta's strategic approach seems to be undergoing a subtle shift. This logic is not unfamiliar—returning to the strategy of acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp years ago, exchanging real money for mature products and technological accumulation. When自主培养 (self-developed cultivation) cools off, directly buying ready-made competitiveness seems to be a more reliable choice. This strategic shift from "internal incubation" to "external mergers and acquisitions" also reflects the current acceleration and iteration pressure in technological competition.

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GateUser-2fce706c

· 01-02 02:28

I've already said it before, big companies follow this routine: throwing money to buy talent is not as good as directly buying companies. This wave of Meta has finally awakened. --- While others are still talking about fundraising, the real winners have long started mergers and acquisitions to build ecosystems. --- The logic boils down to efficiency issues: developing independently is too slow, time waits for no one. --- Interesting, from burning money to recruit talent to directly acquiring companies, the current competition is all about speed; being even a step slower means failure. --- See through this wave: technological competition is entering an acceleration phase, and securing the high ground relies on real cash exchanging for ready-made assets. --- Laughable, they used to boast about self-research, now they turn around and buy entire companies. Capital's routines are always so straightforward. --- Meta's move is actually a sign of backing down, indicating that internal incubation truly isn't working, and external help is needed to boost growth. --- Where is the opportunity? It lies in the technological accumulation of acquired companies. Think about the logical chain behind this. --- From Instagram to WhatsApp and now, the real strategy of big companies has always been pragmatic, not just empty talk. --- The question is whether subsequent integration can succeed. Buying a company doesn't mean you can use it well.

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SighingCashier

· 01-01 11:49

Buy, buy, buy, in the end, it's still about throwing money to solve the problem. --- If you can't develop it yourself, just acquire it. This trick has been played out. --- It's the same old move; Meta just likes to use money to smash problems. --- They have so much money they don't know where to spend it, so they might as well just buy. --- Forget it, in-house development is too difficult; mergers and acquisitions are faster. --- Isn't this a common problem among big companies? If they can't develop talent, they just buy teams. --- No wonder they were offering high salaries to poach people everywhere two years ago; it turns out they were just playing the M&A game. --- Basically, it's burning money for more time. With enough money, everything becomes possible.

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SolidityJester

· 01-01 07:59

Burning money to poach talent doesn't work, so just buy the company directly. This trick has been played out before. Still the same saying: if you have money, you can be willful.

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RektHunter

· 2025-12-30 03:42

Burning money to bottom fish, Meta has never lost. If I had known that internal incubation doesn't work well, I wouldn't have bothered to tinker for so long.

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RektRecorder

· 2025-12-30 03:41

Burning money and throwing resources at talent doesn't work, so they might as well just buy companies directly. Meta's approach is really clever.

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LayerZeroHero

· 2025-12-30 03:37

Burning money to hire people is not as good as directly buying the team. Mark has already figured out this trick long ago.

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UncommonNPC

· 2025-12-30 03:33

Buy buy buy, still the same old approach. But to be honest, compared to spending money to recruit, directly acquiring the entire team is indeed more stable.

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