Wework filed for bankruptcy – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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Nilay Patel
WeWork filed for bankruptcy.

The real-estate-company-pretending-to-be-a-tech-company just filed to have its debts forgiven and some of its leases canceled.

As of last Friday, the company was valued at $45 million, just slightly less than its 2019 peak valuation of, uh, $47 billion. Whoops!

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