Alibaba opens its full Taobao and Tmall catalog to the Qwen AI app

Alibaba connected its Qwen app to the full Taobao and Tmall catalog of more than 4 billion products, so users can shop by conversation, compare items and place orders. The Taobao app gains a Qwen shopping assistant with virtual try-on and an automatic price tracker. The change puts AI agents directly in the path of the core marketplace, which is the business that has been under pressure.

• Catalog: more than 4 billion products across Taobao and Tmall
• Qwen app: shopping by conversation and order suggestions from purchase history
• Taobao app: Qwen Shopping Assistant, virtual try-on for garments, 30-day price tracker with auto-order
• Timing: positioned ahead of the 618 shopping festival