Monica is a technology company founded in 2025, originally established in China and subsequently relocating its headquarters to Singapore in mid-2025. The company specializes in artificial intelligence solutions, with a focus on developing autonomous AI agents capable of executing complex, multi-step tasks with minimal human intervention. Monica's flagship product, Manus, exemplifies this vision by providing an AI agent platform designed to automate workflows across various domains including customer support, data analysis, and knowledge management.
The company was founded with the mission to advance artificial intelligence technology to better bridge human intent and actionable outcomes. Monica's founding story involves Xiao Hong, a former figure at Nightingale Technology, who contributed the initial vision to integrate advanced AI features into mainstream productivity platforms. Since its launch on March 6, 2025, Manus AI has gained rapid international recognition, positioning Monica as an independent developer of one of the industry’s pioneering general-purpose AI agent services. The business model is primarily SaaS-based, offering tiered subscription plans to accommodate individuals and enterprise-scale users, enabling the delivery of AI agent services via the cloud.
Monica operates as an independent company without any publicly known parent or subsidiary entities as of 2025. The company’s target market includes small to medium enterprises, large enterprise internal teams involved in operations and business analysis, AI operations professionals, and IT users seeking to implement AI-driven workflow automation. While Monica does not publicly disclose its employee count, funding stage, or investor information, it continues to focus on global deployment and development of its AI-powered automation technologies, maintaining its headquarters in Singapore.