Chen Mingxiu, former head of Alibaba DAMO Academy's Leyun embodied platform, leaves to found Muling Technology in Hangzhou

Chen Mingxiu, former head of Alibaba DAMO Academy's Leyun embodied intelligence platform, has left the company and founded Muling Technology in Yuhang District, Hangzhou, with registered capital of about 1.5625 million yuan, focused on Physical RSI (embodied recursive self-improvement). This is the second core technical leader lost from Alibaba's embodied AI ranks in just over a month, following reports on September 14 that Zhao Deli, head of DAMO Academy's embodied intelligence lab, had departed.