listed Alibaba rises after company launches AI agent platform for workplace
** US-listed shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba 9988.HK up 1.82% at $112.87% premarket
** Company launches QwenWork, an AI agent platform for workplace productivity, in China
** Alibaba says QwenWork is currently available for public beta testing in China via its official website
** QwenWork will integrate with DingTalk, which is Alibaba's enterprise collaboration platform used by more than 20 million organizations
** Company says platform combines desktop, cloud and enterprise agents with web development and image, video and audio generation
** Alibaba's flagship Qwen3.8 model will be available on QwenWork from August 3
** As of last close, BABA down over 24.4% YTD