diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2001d3d..a298a5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -214,10 +214,11 @@ Engines supported in Nodely include:
  | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------ |
  | Lazy Synchronous                | `:sync.lazy`                       | Mature       | 
  | Core Async Lazy Scheduling      | `:core-async.lazy-scheduling`      | Mature       | 
- | Applicative Virtual Threads     | `:applicative.virtual-futures`     | Mature       |
+ | Applicative Virtual Threads     | `:applicative.virtual-future`      | Mature       |
  | Async Virtual Threads           | `:async.virtual-futures`           | Experimental |
  | Core Async Iterative Scheduling | `:core-async.iterative-scheduling` | Experimental | 
  | Async Manifold                  | `:async.manifold`                  | Experimental | 
+ | Async Manifold Applicative      | `:applicative.manifold`            | Experimental | 
  | Async Applicative               | `:applicative.core-async`          | Experimental | 
  | Promesa Async Applicative       | `:applicative.promesa`             | Experimental | 
 
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 46d7758..f7bec9e 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
                  [aysylu/loom "1.0.2"]
                  [org.clojure/core.async "1.5.648" :scope "provided"]
                  [funcool/promesa "10.0.594" :scope "provided"]
-                 [manifold "0.1.9-alpha5" :scope "provided"]
+                 [manifold "0.4.3" :scope "provided"]
                  [prismatic/schema "1.1.12"]]
 
   :exclusions [log4j]
diff --git a/src/nodely/api/v0.clj b/src/nodely/api/v0.clj
index 90c6c05..0c803ba 100644
--- a/src/nodely/api/v0.clj
+++ b/src/nodely/api/v0.clj
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@
 
 (def manifold-failure
   (delay
-   (try (require 'nodely.engine.manifold)
+   (try (require 'nodely.engine.manifold
+                 'nodely.engine.applicative.manifold)
         (catch Exception e
           {:msg                   "Could not locate manifold on classpath."
            ::error                :missing-ns
-           ::requested-namespaces '[nodely.engine.manifold]
+           ::requested-namespaces '[nodely.engine.manifold
+                                    nodely.engine.applicative.manifold]
            :cause                 e}))))
 
 (def promesa-failure
@@ -81,6 +83,11 @@
    :async.manifold                  {::ns-name          'nodely.engine.manifold
                                      ::opts-fn          (constantly nil)
                                      ::enable-deref     manifold-failure}
+   :applicative.manifold            {::ns-name          'nodely.engine.applicative
+                                     ::opts-fn          #(assoc % ::applicative/context
+                                                                (var-get (resolve 'nodely.engine.applicative.manifold/context)))
+                                     ::eval-key-channel true
+                                     ::enable-deref     manifold-failure}
    :applicative.promesa             {::ns-name          'nodely.engine.applicative
                                      ::opts-fn          #(assoc % ::applicative/context
                                                                 (var-get (resolve 'nodely.engine.applicative.promesa/context)))
diff --git a/src/nodely/engine/applicative/manifold.clj b/src/nodely/engine/applicative/manifold.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0ad0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nodely/engine/applicative/manifold.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+(ns nodely.engine.applicative.manifold
+  (:require
+   [manifold.deferred :as deferred]
+   [nodely.engine.applicative.protocols :as protocols]))
+
+(declare context)
+
+(defn deref-unwrapped
+  [it]
+  (try (deref it)
+       (catch java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException e
+         (throw (.getCause e)))))
+
+(extend-type manifold.deferred.Deferred
+  protocols/Contextual
+  (-get-context [_] context)
+
+  protocols/Extract
+  (-extract [it]
+    (deref-unwrapped it)))
+
+(def context
+  (reify
+    protocols/RunNode
+    (-apply-fn  [_ f mv]
+      (deferred/future (f (deref-unwrapped mv))))
+
+    protocols/Functor
+    (-fmap [_ f mv]
+      (deferred/future (f (deref-unwrapped mv))))
+
+    protocols/Monad
+    (-mreturn [_ v]
+      (deferred/future v))
+
+    (-mbind [_ mv f]
+      (deferred/future (let [v (deref-unwrapped mv)]
+                         (deref-unwrapped (f v)))))
+
+    protocols/Applicative
+    (-pure [_ v]
+      (deferred/future v))
+
+    (-fapply [_ pf pv]
+      (deferred/future (let [f (deref-unwrapped pf)
+                             v (deref-unwrapped pv)]
+                         (f v))))))
+
+(comment
+  (def subscribe
+    (fn
+      ([this d x f]
+       (let [d (or d (deferred/deferred))]
+         (deferred/on-realized x
+                               #(this d % f)
+                               #(deferred/error! d %))
+         d))))
+
+  (defn mbind [mv f]
+    (let [d (deferred/deferred)]
+      (deferred/on-realized
+       mv
+       #(deferred/success! d (f %))
+       #(deferred/error! d %))
+      d))
+
+  (mbind (deferred/future 1) (fn [x] (Thread/sleep 1000) (inc x)))
+
+  ;
+  )
diff --git a/test/nodely/api_test.clj b/test/nodely/api_test.clj
index ccc50de..8517159 100644
--- a/test/nodely/api_test.clj
+++ b/test/nodely/api_test.clj
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
   #{:core-async.lazy-scheduling
     :core-async.iterative-scheduling
     :async.manifold
+    :applicative.manifold
     :applicative.promesa
     :applicative.core-async
     :applicative.virtual-future
@@ -127,6 +128,20 @@
          (t/matching
           5
           (async/<!! (api/eval-key-channel env :z {::api/engine :core-async.lazy-scheduling}))))))
+    (testing-require-delay
+     nodely.engine.applicative.manifold nodely.api.v0/manifold-failure
+     "Kaboom! We don't have manifold for pretend" :test-manifold-failure
+     (t/testing "without manifold on the classpath"
+       (t/testing "attempting to use manifold"
+         (t/matching
+          #"Could not locate manifold on classpath"
+          (try (api/eval-key-channel env :z {::api/engine :applicative.manifold})
+               (catch Throwable t
+                 (ex-message t)))))
+       (t/testing "attempting to use core.async"
+         (t/matching
+          5
+          (async/<!! (api/eval-key-channel env :z {::api/engine :core-async.lazy-scheduling}))))))
     (testing-require-delay
      nodely.engine.applicative.promesa nodely.api.v0/promesa-failure
      "Kaboom! We don't have promesa for pretend" :test-promesa-failure
diff --git a/test/nodely/engine/applicative_test.clj b/test/nodely/engine/applicative_test.clj
index 296925b..2d565fb 100644
--- a/test/nodely/engine/applicative_test.clj
+++ b/test/nodely/engine/applicative_test.clj
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
    [clojure.test.check.properties :as prop]
    [criterium.core :as criterium]
    [matcher-combinators.matchers :as matchers]
-   [matcher-combinators.test :refer [match?]]
+   [matcher-combinators.test :refer [match? thrown-match?]]
    [nodely.data :as data]
    [nodely.engine.applicative :as applicative]
    [nodely.engine.applicative.core-async :as core-async]
+   [nodely.engine.applicative.manifold :as manifold]
    [nodely.engine.applicative.promesa :as promesa]
    [nodely.engine.applicative.synchronous :as synchronous]
    [nodely.engine.core :as core]
@@ -307,3 +308,75 @@
     promesa/context     java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture
     core-async/context  clojure.core.async.impl.channels.ManyToManyChannel
     synchronous/context nodely.engine.applicative.synchronous.Box))
+
+(deftest manifold-applicative-test
+  (let [simple-env {:a (>value 2)
+                    :b (>value 1)
+                    :c (>leaf (+ ?a ?b))}
+        env-with-failing-schema {:a (>value 2)
+                                 :b (>value 1)
+                                 :c (yielding-schema (>leaf (+ ?a ?b)) s/Bool)}]
+    (testing "it should not fail"
+      (is (match? 3 (applicative/eval-key simple-env :c {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+
+    (testing "more complicated example"
+      (is (match? 4 (applicative/eval-key tricky-example :z {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+
+    (testing "returns ex-info when schema is selected as fvalidate, and schema fn validation is enabled"
+      (is (thrown-match? clojure.lang.ExceptionInfo
+                         {:type   :schema.core/error
+                          :schema java.lang.Boolean
+                          :value  3}
+                         (ex-data
+                          (s/with-fn-validation
+                            (applicative/eval-key env-with-failing-schema :c {::applicative/fvalidate schema/fvalidate
+                                                                              ::applicative/context   manifold/context}))))))))
+
+(deftest manifold-eval-key-test
+  (testing "eval promise"
+    (is (match? 3 (applicative/eval-key test-env :c {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+  (testing "async works"
+    (let [[time-ns result] (criterium/time-body (applicative/eval-key test-env+delay-core-async
+                                                                      :d
+                                                                      {::applicative/context manifold/context}))]
+      (is (match? {:a 3 :b 6 :c 9} result))
+      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 100000000 1000000000) time-ns))))
+  (testing "tricky example"
+    (is (match? 4 (applicative/eval-key tricky-example :z
+                                        {::applicative/context manifold/context})))))
+
+(deftest manifold-eval-test
+  (testing "eval promise"
+    (is (match? {:a {::data/value 2}
+                 :b {::data/value 1}
+                 :c {::data/value 3}}
+                (applicative/eval test-env :c {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+  (testing "tricky example"
+    (is (match? {:x (data/value 1)
+                 :y (data/value 2)
+                 :a (data/value 3)
+                 :b (data/value 4)
+                 :c (data/value 5)
+                 :w (data/value 4)
+                 :z {::data/type :leaf
+                     ::data/inputs #{:w}}}
+                (applicative/eval tricky-example :w {::applicative/context manifold/context})))))
+
+(deftest manifold-eval-env-with-sequence
+  (testing "async response is equal to sync response"
+    (is (match? (-> (core/resolve :b env-with-sequence) (get :b) ::data/value)
+                (applicative/eval-key env-with-sequence :b {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+  (testing "sync=async for sequence with nil values"
+    (is (match? (-> (core/resolve :b env+sequence-with-nil-values) (get :b) ::data/value)
+                (applicative/eval-key env+sequence-with-nil-values :b {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+  (testing "sync=async for sequence returning nil values"
+    (is (match? (-> (core/resolve :b env+sequence-returning-nil-values) (get :b) ::data/value)
+                (applicative/eval-key env+sequence-returning-nil-values :b {::applicative/context manifold/context}))))
+  (testing "async version takes a third of the time of sync version
+            (runtime diff is 2 sec, within a tolerance of 10ms"
+    (let [[nanosec-sync _]  (criterium/time-body (core/resolve :c env-with-sequence+delay-sync))
+          [nanosec-async _] (criterium/time-body (applicative/eval-key env-with-sequence+delay-sync :c {::applicative/context manifold/context}))]
+      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 10000000 2000000000)
+                  (- nanosec-sync nanosec-async)))))
+  (testing "Actually computes the correct answers"
+    (is (match? [2 3 4] (applicative/eval-key env-with-sequence+delay-sync :c {::applicative/context manifold/context})))))
diff --git a/test/nodely/engine/manifold_test.clj b/test/nodely/engine/manifold_test.clj
index 0515d9b..c8bacca 100644
--- a/test/nodely/engine/manifold_test.clj
+++ b/test/nodely/engine/manifold_test.clj
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
     (is (core/resolve :d test-env)
         (manifold/eval-env test-env)))
   (testing "async version takes half the time of sync version
-            (runtime diff is 1 sec, within a tolerance of 3ms"
+            (runtime diff is 1 sec, within a tolerance of 10ms"
     (let [[nanosec-sync _]  (time-body (core/resolve :d test-env+delay))
           [nanosec-async _] (time-body (manifold/eval-env test-env+delay))]
-      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 6000000 1000000000)
+      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 10000000 1000000000)
                   (- nanosec-sync nanosec-async))))))
 
 (deftest eval-env-with-sequence
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
     (is (core/resolve :b env-with-sequence)
         (manifold/eval-env env-with-sequence)))
   (testing "async version takes a third of the time of sync version
-            (runtime diff is 2 sec, within a tolerance of 3ms"
+            (runtime diff is 2 sec, within a tolerance of 10ms"
     (let [[nanosec-sync _]  (time-body (core/resolve :b env-with-sequence+delay))
           [nanosec-async _] (time-body (manifold/eval-env env-with-sequence+delay))]
-      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 8000000 2000000000)
+      (is (match? (matchers/within-delta 10000000 2000000000)
                   (- nanosec-sync nanosec-async)))))
   (testing "Actually computes the correct answers"
     (is (= [2 3 4] (manifold/eval-key env-with-sequence+delay :b))))