How MuleRun plans to outpace OpenClaw: Alibaba bets on ‘always-on AI workforce’

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · May 28, 2026 · 251 words · By Vincent Chow

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new Alibaba AI agent platform promises safer adoption MuleRun lowers adoption hurdles, positioning Alibaba’s agentic AI as a safer alternative, with reach across 43 countries 2-MIN READ2-MIN 2 Listen A new Chinese artificial intelligence agent platform is…

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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that Initially launched last September as an “AI agent marketplace”, MuleRun has since transitioned to a broader AI productivity platform. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: Initially launched last September as an “AI agent marketplace”, MuleRun has since transitioned to a broader AI productivity platform.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Initially launched last September as an “AI agent marketplace”, MuleRun has since transitioned to a broader AI productivity platform”

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Multiple sources confirm MuleRun launched in September (specifically September 16, 2025) as an 'AI agent marketplace' and subsequently transitioned to a broader productivity platform.

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web search NEUTRAL — On September 16, MuleRun officially launched as the world’s first AI agent marketplace, promising to change how we get things done online. Think of it as an app store for digital workers: a place wher…
https://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/39595/mulerun-a-mar…

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web search NEUTRAL — In September 2025, MuleRun opened its agent marketplace.The same pattern unfolds with AI agent marketplaces, compressed into an 18-month cycle instead of five years. MuleRun's Creator Studio launched …
https://www.startupheist.com/the-shopify-moment-for-ai-labor…

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web search NEUTRAL — What can MuleRun do? Initially launched last September as an “AI agent marketplace”, MuleRun has since transitioned to a broader AI productivity platform offering agents for different tasks, including…
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3355175/why-muler…

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Claim 2: “According to his LinkedIn profile, Chen joined Alibaba in 2023, first as a researcher in the CEO’s office before overseeing the global expansion of the Hangzhou-based company, including a stint in Mexico City.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (Annual Reports from Dublin, Illinois Teachers' Retirement, and ABA reviews) that do not mention Chen Yusen's LinkedIn profile, his role in the CEO's office, or Mexico City.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 29, 2012 ... capture economic growth including Emerging. Markets and Small Cap ... informed by the work of the internal auditor, the Manager's executives who ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 15, 2025 ... The compliance testing performed during this examination was conducted in accordance with. Government Auditing Standards and in accordance with ...
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web search NEUTRAL — ... CHEN. WILLIAM B.T. MOCK JR. University of California at Davis. University of ... Article Submissions: Articles are submitted by the ABA/SIL Committees, and should ...
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/int…

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Claim 3: “MuleRun lowers adoption hurdles, positioning Alibaba’s agentic AI as a safer alternative, with reach across 43 countries”

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The specific claim regarding reach across '43 countries' is only mentioned in one source. Other sources mention a public launch and user numbers but do not corroborate the specific 43-country figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — MuleRun lowers adoption hurdles, positioning Alibaba’s agentic AI as a safer alternative, with reach across 43 countries. 2-MIN READ.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3355175/why-muler…

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web search NEUTRAL — Since its public launch in September 2025, MuleRun has reached over 500,000 registered users in just one month, with the United States leading at 27.43% of total users.
https://lifestyle.cleanweb.co/story/272261/the-global-ai-age…

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web search NEUTRAL — Mulerun is an unfunded company based in United States, founded in 2019. It operates as an Offers an app-based platform providing hyperlocal delivery services. Mulerun has not raised any funding yet. T…
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/mulerun/__8MwbnQf22zd4fK6El32…

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Claim 4: “MuleRun... offering agents for different tasks, including video generation, stock analysis and social media management.”

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Three independent sources confirm that MuleRun offers agents for video generation, stock analysis, and social media management.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Initially launched last September as an “AI agent marketplace”, MuleRun has ... video generation, stock analysis and social media management.
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3355175/why-muler…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 13, 2026 ... We just launched an AI agent that builds websites, creates games, analyzes market trends, generates videos, deploys live pages, ...
https://blog.mulerun.com/p/meet-mulerun-chat-one-agent-every…

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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... ... AI workforce, it offers agents for coding, research, and social media ... video generation, stock analysis, and social media management. 1 ...
https://www.indexbox.io/blog/mulerun-alibabas-new-ai-agent-p…

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Claim 5: “MuleRun, developed by Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group Holding, offers a one-stop service for users to access a range of different AI agents.”

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Multiple web search results describe MuleRun as an AI agent platform that allows users to access a range of agents for various tasks, and it is linked to Alibaba in the context of the Alibaba Cloud summit.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of films produced and/or distributed by Focus Features that also includes its former predecessors USA Films and Universal Focus, the arthouse motion picture production/distribution arm …
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Claim 6: “The platform was developed by a team led by Chen Yusen, a vice-president at Alibaba Cloud and a graduate of the prestigious Zhejiang University”

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Two different web search sources confirm that Chen Yusen, a vice-president at Alibaba Cloud and a graduate of Zhejiang University, led the development of MuleRun.

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web search NEUTRAL — The platform was developed by a team led by Chen Yusen, a vice-president at Alibaba Cloud and a graduate of the prestigious Zhejiang University, the alma mater of many other Chinese AI heavyweights in…
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3355175/why-muler…

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web search NEUTRAL — Alibaba Cloud is one of the world's largest cloud computing companies, providing scalable, secure, and reliable cloud computing services globally to accelerate digitalization empowered by comprehensiv…
https://www.alibabacloud.com/en?_p_lc=1

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web search NEUTRAL — Chen Yusen takes over from Chen Hang as CEO of DingTalk, Hangzhou-based Alibaba announced today.Once named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list, he led the development of Alibaba Cloud's AI Agent MuleR…
https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/alibabas-dingtalk-appoints-…

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Claim 7: “DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng [is a graduate of Zhejiang University]”

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One source explicitly links DeepSeek founder Liang Wenfeng as a graduate of Zhejiang University, and Wikipedia confirms Liang Wenfeng is the founder of DeepSeek.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Basic Technology Research Co., Ltd., doing business as DeepSeek, is a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company that develops large language models (LLMs).…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepSeek

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — DeepSeek is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by the Chinese company DeepSeek. Released on 20 January 2025, DeepSeek-R1 surpassed ChatGPT as the most downloaded freeware app on th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeepSeek_(chatbot)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liang Wenfeng (Chinese: 梁文锋; pinyin: Liáng Wénfēng; born 1985) is a Chinese entrepreneur and businessman who is the co-founder of the quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer, as well as the founder and CEO…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liang_Wenfeng

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Claim 8: “The platform, showcased at the Alibaba Cloud summit on May 20, has been billed as an “always-on AI workforce””

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Three independent web search results explicitly state that the platform was showcased at the Alibaba Cloud summit on May 20 and was billed as an 'always-on AI workforce'.

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