The "mule" in the name comes from the drudgery, or "donkey work," of data integration that the platform was created to escape.

MuleSoft, LLC. is a software company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides integration software for connecting applications, data and devices.

Ross Mason and Dave Rosenberg founded MuleSource in 2006. The company changed the name to MuleSoft in 2009. 

In March 2018, Salesforce.com announced it was buying MuleSoft in a deal reported to be worth US$6.5B. In May 2018, Salesforce completed acquisition of MuleSoft. 

The company originally provided middleware and messaging, and later expanded to provide an integration platform as a service (iPaaS) approach for companies through its main product, Anypoint Platform.

In current day. MuleSoft’s Anypoint Platform is the world’s leading integration platform for SOA, SaaS, and APIs. MuleSoft provides exceptional business agility to companies by connecting applications, data, and devices, both on-premises and in the cloud with an API-led approach.

As of today(August 2019), MuleSoft has over 1,400 employees and 1,600 customers. It already extended its services to many big industries. And I personally believe Mulesoft has great future in coming decade. Here some details of some customers.

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