Hayden Brown

CEO of Upwork. On May 7, 2026, signed and published an internal-memo-turned-press-release announcing ~24% / ~145-job AI-cited cuts. The framing —…

CEO · Upwork

CEO of Upwork. On May 7, 2026, signed and published an internal-memo-turned-press-release announcing ~24% / ~145-job AI-cited cuts. The framing — "smaller, differently resourced teams in product and engineering can make a bigger impact than ever" — places her squarely inside the now-near-uniform vocabulary of the May 5–7 cohort of named-CEO AI memos (Brian Armstrong, Enrique Lores, Matthew Prince, Dennis Woodside, BILL leadership).

Notable quotes

  • "Smaller, differently resourced teams in product and engineering can make a bigger impact than ever." (Per Office Chai paraphrase of the Upwork memo dated 2026-05-07; verify against upwork.com/press release for verbatim Dispatch use.)

First seen: 2026-05-09 · Last seen: 2026-05-09