Upwork: 151 jobs cut across 1 verified AI-attributed event. Verified from company statements and primary sources.
AI-attributed job cuts
May 7, 2026: 151 jobs. CEO Hayden Brown memo: 'Two pizza teams are dead. AI means smaller, differently resourced teams in product and engineering can make a bigger impact than ever.' On LinkedIn: 'AI is fundamentally reinventing work and we are building Upwork to be at the center of that -- the platform that powers the AI-enabled, human+agent labor market of the future.' Upwork rethought every function 'from scratch -- scrutinising what it takes to run each part of the business using both people and technology.' One-time expenses $16-23M for severance. Affects ~151 of ~630 employees.