Block, Inc. (block.xyz) is a publicly traded fintech and payments conglomerate—founded by Jack Dorsey—whose portfolio of brands includes Square (commerce and financial services for sellers), Cash App (consumer payments and financial products), Afterpay (buy now, pay later), TIDAL (music platform), Bitkey (self-custody Bitcoin wallet), and Proto (Bitcoin mining products), all united by a mission to increase access to the global economy.
“Pressed by commenters on X about the bloat he'd created during the pandemic, Dorsey later acknowledged that Block had, in fact, overhired.”
Source→“A view echoed by Marc Andreessen and others as companies from Block to Atlassian to Coinbase cite AI in workforce cuts.”
Source→“Coinbase, Block, Pinterest, Shopify and others tied workforce restructurings to AI capabilities.”
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