After Deepseek, Manus AI became popular overnight for many reasons. From the perspective of technological innovation, it is the world's first truly universal AI Agent. Unlike traditional AI that can only generate ideas, Manus can perform tasks in the real world, autonomously complete the entire process from planning to execution, and deliver complete results.
For example, in job search and recruitment scenarios, it can automatically decompress the received resume compression package, and according to the preset screening criteria, such as education, work experience, skills and expertise, it can check the resume content page by page and accurately screen out suitable candidates, greatly saving manpower and time costs. This ability to directly act on the real task process allows users to truly feel that AI is no longer an unattainable concept, but a real productivity tool.
Starting from meeting user pain points, Cursor products in the past were complicated to operate and had a high threshold for ordinary users, while Manus greatly reduced the threshold for use, allowing more people to easily get started. It can decompress resume files and screen them page by page like a human intern. It can also analyze stock data, plan travel, create educational content, analyze financial reports, etc., solving the problem of traditional AI "only talking but not doing", and perfectly meeting the urgent needs of small and medium-sized enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Of course, Manus uses clever strategies in marketing and promotion. On social media, through technology blogger reviews and user-generated content (UGC), such as sharing cases such as "using Manus as a sideline to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month", it has aroused heated discussions on platforms such as Douyin and Weibo and quickly spread. At the same time, the invitation code system is adopted to create scarcity and mystery of the product, stimulating more people to ask for codes on social platforms, further expanding the influence of the product.
With all these factors combined, it is not surprising that Manus AI has become popular overnight.
Insights into new business opportunities in the Internet of Things from the popularity of AI
In the wave of technological development, the field of AI has been surging recently. Since the launch of V2 in May last year, DeepSeek has attracted attention from Silicon Valley with its innovative architecture. The subsequent V3 version has excellent performance. After the release of the R1 inference model in January this year, it has been advancing rapidly, with the number of users growing exponentially, and it has become popular all over the Internet during the Spring Festival.
Then, Manus AI came out in March. With its powerful execution as the world's first general AI Agent, it quickly set off a wave in the capital market and technology circle. It can plan tasks and call multiple tools like an all-round assistant to complete a series of complex operations from data processing to generating visual reports. It has surpassed its peers in the GAIA benchmark test and achieved remarkable results.
The popularity of these two AI products is by no means accidental. In fact, it indicates that the development of AI has entered a new stage, and this wave is bringing unprecedented opportunities to the Internet of Things industry.
On the one hand, the iteration of AI technology has greatly increased the intelligence of IoT devices. Taking the field of smart security as an example, in the past, surveillance cameras could only perform simple screen recording. Now, with the help of advanced AI algorithms, they can analyze the behavior of people and the characteristics of objects in the screen in real time, accurately identify abnormal situations and issue warnings in time. This not only improves security efficiency, but also opens up new market space for security equipment manufacturers, stimulates the demand for hardware such as high-performance image sensors and smart chips, and drives the upgrade of the entire industrial chain.
On the other hand, the integration of AI and the Internet of Things has broadened the boundaries of application scenarios. In the industrial Internet of Things, smart tools such as Manus AI can conduct in-depth analysis of the operating data of various equipment on the production line, predict equipment failures, and optimize production processes. This has increased the factory's dependence on IoT hardware such as intelligent control terminals and data acquisition modules, and at the same time prompted hardware manufacturers to continue to innovate and develop products that are more suitable for AI analysis needs to meet the refined production requirements of different industries such as automobile manufacturing and electronic processing.
From a business perspective, the explosion of AI has changed the profit model of the IoT industry. In the past, IoT hardware manufacturers mainly made profits by selling equipment, but now with AI empowerment, they can make profits by providing subsequent value-added services. For example, in smart home systems, after achieving personalized scene customization with the help of AI, manufacturers can charge users according to the functional modules or service duration used, prompting companies to pay more attention to the continuous optimization of hardware products and the coordinated development of software services, and further stimulate investment in hardware such as smart gateways and interactive terminals.
From the explosion of DeepSeek to Manus AI, where is the future trend of AI? This platform gives the answer
It makes people think deeply, is artificial intelligence developing in the direction of more practical execution capabilities and more adaptable to diversified scenarios? If you want to understand this trend in depth and get more cutting-edge information about AI, participating in relevant exhibitions is an excellent way. The IOTE Internet of Things Exhibition is such a rare platform, which will be held in Shanghai in June and Shenzhen in August this year.
By participating in the IOTE Internet of Things Exhibition in Shanghai and Shenzhen, both enterprises and individuals have the opportunity to get close to the technology and concepts behind products such as Manus AI and DeepSeek - R1 series models. If AI wants to change the world, it cannot do without the “hands” of the Internet of Things and the “legs” of communications. If you understand the golden combination of hardware + communications, you will be the next AI wave wealth maker!
This paper is from Ulink Media, Shenzhen, China, the organizer of IOTE EXPO (IoT Expo in China)
