Alibaba has internally designated “AI office” as one of its strategic directions and has completed an organizational and product integration, according to an exclusive report by Huxiu cited by ChainCatcher.
The former Wukong business unit has been upgraded into the Qwen Office business unit, led by Chen Yusen. QoderWork, Wukong, and MuleRun have been combined through what the report called a technical three-in-one integration under Qwen Office, or QwenWork. The three products and their teams will no longer operate as separate entities.
QwenWork public beta opened on Aug. 3
QwenWork entered public beta on Aug. 3. Its web version and PC client are already open, and a DingTalk entry point is expected to launch soon.
Alibaba also released the Qwen3.8 model the same day, strengthening its Coding and Cowork capabilities.
Positioned as an enterprise AI productivity platform
Alibaba positions QwenWork as an “enterprise-grade AI productivity platform” aimed at organizations rather than as a personal office tool. The report said the company is not treating user numbers or monthly active users as a core short-term performance target, and is instead focusing on product experience and deployment in enterprise scenarios.
The Qwen Office business unit also oversees DingTalk. Alibaba’s aim is to connect with the million-level enterprise customer resources accumulated on the platform.
Desktop traffic comparison
According to Analysys data, Tencent’s WorkBuddy ranked first in June desktop visits among AI office agents with about 20.97 million visits. ByteDance’s TRAE IDE recorded about 12.79 million, while Alibaba’s QoderWork logged about 7.88 million. Wukong added another 1.31 million.
The report said the integration is viewed internally as a key step in catching up with Tencent and ByteDance. Boosted by the news, Alibaba’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose more than 7% on Aug. 3.