🍭 Meta Bets Ambitiously Big 🎰

Good morning. The intern tried to explain AI agents to us and accidentally reinvented middle management.

Let’s dive in 👇

🍭 What’s Cookin’:

• Meta races into AI agents as it tries to catch up

• A hiring comeback through 2026 from accounting firms

• Post-gym meals that don’t taste like regret

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Meta
🤖 Is Racing Into AI Agents Because It Has To

The Bite:
Meta just acquired Manus, a Singapore-based AI agent startup, as it pushes deeper into the next phase of artificial intelligence.

Manus focuses on AI agents designed to plan tasks, use tools, and carry out work with limited human input.

This move comes as Meta plays catch-up to competitors that have moved faster on advanced AI products.

This deal signals urgency. It’s a defensive expansion, and a hedge against slowing growth in Meta’s core businesses.

The bet is clear: AI not just to answer questions but to start doing the work.

Snacks:

• Meta is shifting focus from standalone models to usable AI products

• The acquisition adds talent and infrastructure without in-house build time

• Industry leaders increasingly see agents as the next commercial AI layer

• Meta remains focused on long-term AI leadership

Why it Bites:
Meta is moving because it doesn’t want to fall further behind.

AI agents sound powerful, but they’re also easy to oversell.

Turning them into reliable products is waay harder than acquiring the tech itself.

If they work, they’ll quietly slip into ads, customer support, internal tools, and creator workflows.
That’s why this matters beyond Meta.

AI agents are about to touch far more of your work than most people expect;
as background software making decisions on your behalf.

The question is whether companies can make them useful before trust runs out.

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Job Market
📊 Accounting Firms Will Be Hiring Again

The Bite:
Accounting firms in Hong Kong are planning to ramp up hiring through 2026,
reversing years of cautious headcount.

Big players and mid-sized firms alike are signaling growth; not just to fill seats, but to reshape what the next generation of accountants actually looks like.

AI is part of the story, but not in the way most people think.
For the first time, this isn’t about replacing juniors.

It’s about changing who gets hired, what skills matter, and how influence works inside firms.

Hong Kong may be first, but it won’t be last.

Snacks:

• Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants reports:
  Firms are planning steady hiring into 2026

• Big Four and mid-tier firms are targeting tech-literate grads, not just traditional accounting profiles

• AI tools are reducing grunt work, not eliminating entry-level roles

• Firms want staff who can interpret outputs, not just produce spreadsheets

• Hiring signals confidence after years of regulatory pressure and deal slowdowns

Why it bites: 
Senior partners and firm leaders are quietly redefining what “good talent” means.
That ripples outward fast.

If accounting becomes a career where AI handles the boring parts and humans focus on judgment, compliance, and decision-making, the job suddenly looks… better.

More strategic. More durable.

That’s why this matters. Firms everywhere are watching this playbook.

If it works, expect consulting, legal, and advisory shops to follow the same path.

Fewer bodies, better skills, longer careers… maybe.

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🧠 You Need to Know

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💻 Meta Buys AI Agent Startup Manus
→ Meta acquires Singapore-based Manus to accelerate its push into autonomous AI agents.

📊 Hong Kong Accounting Firms Eye 2026 Hiring Push
→ Major firms plan fresh hiring while leaning harder on AI to boost productivity and attract younger talent.

🧩 Responsible AI Is Becoming a Startup Advantage
→ Startups prioritizing responsible AI are winning trust faster and closing enterprise deals more easily.

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