WeWork
E79663
WeWork is a flexible workspace provider that offers shared offices, coworking spaces, and related services to businesses and freelancers worldwide.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WeWork canonical | 13 |
| SoftBank-backed WeWork | 1 |
| WeWork Studios | 1 |
| coworking company WeWork | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T633949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WeWork Context triple: [SoftBank Vision Fund, investsIn, WeWork]
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A.
Cambridge Innovation Center
Cambridge Innovation Center is a prominent coworking and startup hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for housing numerous technology and life-science companies and fostering entrepreneurial innovation.
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B.
Upwell
Upwell is a rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and waterways near the Cambridgeshire border.
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C.
The Boring Company
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction firm founded by Elon Musk to develop underground transportation systems aimed at reducing urban traffic congestion.
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D.
Vici Properties
Vici Properties is a large publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in owning gaming, hospitality, and entertainment properties across the United States.
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E.
Apple Park
Apple Park is Apple Inc.’s futuristic, ring-shaped corporate campus in Cupertino, California, known for its innovative architecture and extensive use of sustainable design.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WeWork Target entity description: WeWork is a flexible workspace provider that offers shared offices, coworking spaces, and related services to businesses and freelancers worldwide.
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A.
Cambridge Innovation Center
Cambridge Innovation Center is a prominent coworking and startup hub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for housing numerous technology and life-science companies and fostering entrepreneurial innovation.
-
B.
Upwell
Upwell is a rural village and civil parish in Norfolk, England, known for its historic churches and waterways near the Cambridgeshire border.
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C.
The Boring Company
The Boring Company is an infrastructure and tunnel construction firm founded by Elon Musk to develop underground transportation systems aimed at reducing urban traffic congestion.
-
D.
Vici Properties
Vici Properties is a large publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that specializes in owning gaming, hospitality, and entertainment properties across the United States.
-
E.
Apple Park
Apple Park is Apple Inc.’s futuristic, ring-shaped corporate campus in Cupertino, California, known for its innovative architecture and extensive use of sustainable design.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company
ⓘ
flexible workspace provider ⓘ |
| brandName | WeWork ⓘ |
| businessModel |
leasing and subleasing office space
ⓘ
membership-based workspace access ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| foundedBy |
Adam Neumann
ⓘ
Miguel McKelvey ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
business lounges
ⓘ
conference rooms ⓘ dedicated desks ⓘ hot desks ⓘ kitchens ⓘ phone booths ⓘ shared common areas ⓘ |
| hasServiceType |
coworking membership
ⓘ
flexible workspace ⓘ office-as-a-service ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| inception | 2010 ⓘ |
| industry |
commercial real estate
ⓘ
coworking ⓘ flexible office space ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coworking community concept
ⓘ
rapid global expansion in the 2010s ⓘ |
| offers |
business services
ⓘ
community events ⓘ coworking spaces ⓘ enterprise office solutions ⓘ event spaces ⓘ flexible office memberships ⓘ meeting rooms ⓘ private offices ⓘ shared offices ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
Asia
ⓘ
Europe ⓘ Latin America ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| provides |
cleaning services
ⓘ
community management ⓘ front-desk support ⓘ internet access ⓘ office amenities ⓘ |
| targetCustomer |
freelancers
ⓘ
large enterprises ⓘ small and medium-sized businesses ⓘ startups ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WeWork Description of subject: WeWork is a flexible workspace provider that offers shared offices, coworking spaces, and related services to businesses and freelancers worldwide.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: WeWork
linked to: WeWork