Skip to main content
Upwork10-Q: Platform strategy

Upwork Advances Uma AI Work Agent and Variable Marketplace Pricing Models

What happened

Upwork is expanding its platform ecosystem through its proprietary AI work agent, Uma, alongside tailored offerings like Business Plus and variable pricing models.

Source

SEC EDGARNov 2, 2026

Quarterly report (Form 10-Q)

Upwork 10-Q for Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026

Filing excerpt

These initiatives have centered around four key growth drivers: (i) enhancing monetization and the supply and demand characteristics of the Upwork Marketplace with new ads products and other offerings, enhancing existing offerings, and optimizing our Connects pricing model; (ii) expanding our Enterprise offerings through enhanced solutions and strategic partnerships that enable us to serve a broader range of client segments and deliver end-to-end contingent workforce solutions through Lifted; (iii) expanding our small and medium-sized business, which we refer to as SMB, offerings and support through tailored solutions such as Business Plus; and (iv) advancing our AI capabilities and AI-native experiences, including through Uma™, our proprietary AI work agent, and other AI-driven features that enhance productivity for talent and clients across the Upwork Marketplace.

sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747526000055/upwk-20260930.htmRead the full source

Other signals in this filing (5)

Extracted by Autobound

From the Signal API record
Signal
10-Q: Platform strategy

What this signalsFilings often name leadership changes, deals and spending plans.

Period
Quarter ended Sep 30, 2026
Fiscal year end
09/30
Filed
Nov 2, 2026

More 10-Q signals at other companies

The full record

From the Signal API record

Numbers

Percent
20% (Marketplace take rate reached 20.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2026)

Details

CIK
1627475
Accession number
0001627475-26-000055
Timeframe
Current quarter
Quarter
Q3
Filing year
2026
Period end date
Sep 30, 2026
Why it matters
Platform tools needed
Signal category
Strategic

Topics and mentions

Technologies

  • AI
  • Uma

Extraction

Confidence
High
Relevance
80%
Sentiment
Positive
Detected
Nov 3, 2026
signal_type
sec-10q
signal_subtype
platformStrategy

Use this data

Get every 10-Q signal for Upwork and the companies you sell to, in the tools you already use.

  1. Ask Claude about it

    Connect Autobound to Claude, Claude Code or Cursor with MCP. Then ask: “What changed at Upwork this week?”

  2. Send it to your own tools

    The Signal API returns 10-Q signals for any list of companies as JSON, for your CRM, warehouse or app.

  3. Try it free

    Sign up and spend your free credits on the companies you sell to.

    Start Free1,000 free credits

The API returns more than this page shows

This page shows a preview. The full sec-10q record in the Signal API and MCP can also have these 8 fields. Some fields are empty for some signals.

Company

  • linkedin_urlValue in the API
  • industriesValue in the API
  • employee_count_lowValue in the API
  • employee_count_highValue in the API
  • revenueValue in the API
  • descriptionValue in the API

Signal

  • signal_nameValue in the API
  • associationValue in the API
Show the full JSONThe record on this page and the API request

GET /v1/signals/4125576f-ccb0-4f92-b57f-7c2c606edf19 returns this record as JSON. POST /v1/companies/enrich returns every signal for upwork.com.

{
  "signal_id": "4125576f-ccb0-4f92-b57f-7c2c606edf19",
  "signal_type": "sec-10q",
  "signal_subtype": "platformStrategy",
  "detected_at": "2026-11-03T07:05:57.662+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Upwork",
    "domain": "upwork.com"
  },
  "data": {
    "detail": "Upwork is expanding its platform ecosystem through its proprietary AI work agent, Uma, alongside tailored offerings like Business Plus and variable pricing models. Vendors offering AI infrastructure, marketplace optimization, or B2B payment systems may find integration opportunities.",
    "metrics": {
      "pct": 0.2,
      "timeframe": "current_quarter",
      "pct_context": "Marketplace take rate reached 20.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2026"
    },
    "quarter": "Q3",
    "summary": "Upwork Advances Uma AI Work Agent and Variable Marketplace Pricing Models",
    "excerpts": "These initiatives have centered around four key growth drivers: (i) enhancing monetization and the supply and demand characteristics of the Upwork Marketplace with new ads products and other offerings, enhancing existing offerings, and optimizing our Connects pricing model; (ii) expanding our Enterprise offerings through enhanced solutions and strategic partnerships that enable us to serve a broader range of client segments and deliver end-to-end contingent workforce solutions through Lifted; (iii) expanding our small and medium-sized business, which we refer to as SMB, offerings and support through tailored solutions such as Business Plus; and (iv) advancing our AI capabilities and AI-native experiences, including through Uma™, our proprietary AI work agent, and other AI-driven features that enhance productivity for talent and clients across the Upwork Marketplace.",
    "relevance": 0.8,
    "sentiment": "positive",
    "confidence": "high",
    "source_url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1627475/000162747526000055/upwk-20260930.htm",
    "filing_date": "2026-11-02",
    "filing_year": 2026,
    "fiscal_year": 2026,
    "fiscal_year_end": "09/30",
    "period_end_date": "2026-09-30",
    "sales_relevance": "Platform tools needed",
    "signal_category": "strategic",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "AI",
      "Uma"
    ]
  }
}

Long text fields are shortened on this page.

Looking up one signal by its id is free. Enrich costs 2 credits per signal returned; a call with no results is free.