“The Perfect Hedge Against AI Stocks?”
UPWK is a buy for value investors despite AI risks; low conviction but attractive valuation.
Upwork, the gig economy platform, informed investors that they're experiencing an acceleration in AI-related automation, which is shrinking demand for low-complexity tasks. And that's been a headwind for Upwork.
However, that's offset by an increase of 22% in explicit AI-related jobs and broader integration of AI into standard project workflows that often goes unstated in job postings.
So, it's experiencing a mixed impact from artificial intelligence. Overall, it's negative the negative impact is outweighing the positive impact on its enterprise.