Affected users will be notified through the Manus app. (Image: Manus)AI startup Manus said on Tuesday it will resume operating as an independent company and some user data will be deleted as part of its separation from ⁠U.S. Affected users will be notified through the Manus app and by email and ⁠will be ⁠able to back up their data, the ⁠company said. “This ‌is part of ​our separation from Meta,” ‌it said. In April, Beijing ordered Meta to ‌unwind its $2 billion-plus ​acquisition ​of ​Manus, as China tightened scrutiny of U.S. investment in ​Chinese startups developing frontier technologies.