WeWork filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. and Canada in 2023.: Adam Neumann was once the face of WeWork, a coworking company he co-founded in 2010. When WeWork tried to go public in 2019, its status as the most valuable startup in the U.S., with a $47 billion valuation in January 2019, came under scrutiny from investors who examined the company's losses and lack of a plan for profitability.