# How Upwork uses Fireworks AI

As published on [fireworks.ai](https://fireworks.ai/customers/upwork-ai-proposal-drafts), November 2024. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-31.

- Company: [Upwork](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/upwork.md)
- Tool: [Fireworks AI](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/fireworks-ai.md)
- Industry: [HR & Recruiting](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/hr-recruiting-hr-tech.md)

## The use case: how Upwork deploys Fireworks AI

Upwork serves custom Llama 3.1 LoRA models on Fireworks to power Uma, its AI assistant, in drafting tailored job proposals for freelancers in real time. Fireworks provides low-latency inference and multi-LoRA serving for task-specific models.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Fireworks AI and Upwork, not ours.

> Upwork chose Fireworks to power a key component of their custom-AI strategy within Uma, where multi-AI model workflows are being used to tackle key experiences in the hiring and matching processes.

> Fireworks offers incredible TTFT (time-to-first-token) and ITL (inter-token latency) without the need to manage our own machines.
>
> Zhao Chen, Director of AI & Machine Learning at Upwork

Source: [fireworks.ai](https://fireworks.ai/customers/upwork-ai-proposal-drafts), captured 2026-10-31.

## Other AI tools used by Upwork

- [Forethought](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/forethought.md) — Confirmed
- [Textio](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/textio.md) — Confirmed
- [AirOps](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/airops.md) — Observed
- [Cursor](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/cursor.md) — Observed
- [Gong](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/gong.md) — Observed
- [Grammarly](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/grammarly.md) — Observed

## Fireworks AI users in HR & Recruiting

- [Juicebox](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/juicebox.md) — Observed

## What usedby checked

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- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Upwork.
- Checked: each number in our summary is printed on the page.
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- Checked: Upwork uses Fireworks AI. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-31.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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