Alibaba Launches International Public Beta of QwenWork AI Assistant
Alibaba has launched the international public beta of QwenWork, its AI-powered workplace assistant, which now integrates with popular collaboration platforms like Slack and Notion. The service is available via web and PC clients, allowing global users to register using Google accounts or email. This move marks Alibaba's expansion of its enterprise AI ecosystem into the global market, competing directly with other workplace AI agents by integrating with widely used Western productivity tools. It demonstrates Alibaba's strategy to commercialize its Qwen large language models internationally. Currently supporting English and Chinese, QwenWork plans to add Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and Korean, while also connecting to Alibaba Cloud's international account system. Future updates aim to integrate deeper with enterprise databases and custom workflows.
## BACKGROUND
QwenWork is built on Alibaba's Qwen (Tongyi Qwen) series of large language models, which includes advanced models like the recently announced Qwen3.8-Max. These models are designed to handle complex tasks such as coding, reasoning, and multilingual processing. By packaging these capabilities into a workplace agent, Alibaba aims to streamline daily office workflows and productivity tasks.