Well, I think I need to clarify this: Manus personal agent mode is not based on @openclaw. It is still built entirely on Manus's in-house architecture. That said, I still believe it's necessary to pay respect to the OpenClaw project, because it further experimented with and helped shape the "safety boundary" between users and agents. Exactly one year ago today, we were doing the final polishing before Manus's release. The problem that troubled us the most at the time was actually: How do you make users trust an agent? This isn't about the source code - it's about the uncertainty that comes with limitless possibility. Back then, non-technical users, and really the entire world, had no concrete experience with AI agents. User education therefore fell onto a small startup. 😂 To address this, we designed four things: * Cloud Sandbox: A fully isolated virtual machine is launched for each task so it cannot affect the user's own computer. * Task Replay: You can replay tasks shared by others in read-only mode to safely explore what an agent is. * Interruptible Action Chain: You can inspect the agent's step-by-step actions and interrupt or correct them on the fly. * GUI Takeover: Whenever login or human intervention is required, the agent requests the user to take control of the browser, mouse, and keyboard. These safety measures accompanied Manus through its first year. They allowed millions of users to experience a general agent for the first time, and eventually became standard features across agent products. Times have changed. As agents complete tasks more reliably, run faster, models grow smarter, and users become more familiar with them, we believe it's time to move from "building trust" toward "lowering the barrier". We are now doing this by: * Reusing Manus's mature virtualization layer so users can use it without configuration. * Introducing a new context-management system so users won't need to switch sessions in messengers. * Using intelligent subagent scheduling to parallelize tasks while balancing speed and quality. * Replacing more slash commands and menus with natural language. This strongly aligns with our long-standing mission: To extend human reach. To put the full power of AI to work by unlocking the code, not just for engineers but for everyone.

The all new web dev experience are now fully rolled out and available to all users. Behind it is still a unified general agent architecture, where every capability works together seamlessly: researching deeply to create sites, analyzing collected data, turning those insights into slides, and even emailing those slides to potential investors. Beyond web dev, this update also brings significant improvements in speed, intelligence, and overall usability. More details in our latest announcement blog: manus.im/blog/manus-1.5-rele… And as always, we're keeping our approach transparent. We recently shared a technical walkthrough on context engineering — including how features like unlimited context are implemented — in our latest webinar: youtu.be/6_BcCthVvb8 Couldn't be prouder of what the team pulled off. 🙌

Grateful to be named in this year's MIT TR35 at 33. Fourteen years ago, I was fortunate to be on Forbes 30 Under 30 at 19. The past 14 years have been about learning, failing, and striving. Innovation is a journey, not a moment.