Founder at Buzz
Author of 'Open the frontier' essay arguing for open releases of AI models that people can examine, use and improve together.
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“Founded Block, which released Dessa, a full-duplex voice model trained on human speech running on a single GPU rack.”
“Author of 'Open the frontier' essay arguing for open releases of AI models that people can examine, use and improve together.”
“CEO who stated Block has tripled product development and delivery by using AI, and is seeking ways to monetize new AI tools like Buzz development feature.”
“Jack Dorsey open-sourced Buzz, a self-hosted workspace where humans and AI agents collaborate together with built-in capabilities for code review, patch management, and workflow orchestration.”
“Block CEO warned tech workers to expect employer AI adoption leading to job cuts.”
“AI oligarch member cited as part of cohort insulating itself from democratic accountability.”
“Launched BUZZ, an open-source workspace for humans and agents to reduce reliance on Slack and GitHub.”
“Announced 4,000 layoffs at Block citing AI-enabled smaller teams, but reporting revealed financial pressure was the real driver.”
“Co-authored essay proposing rebuilding companies around world models, arguing transaction data is the alignment corpus between company and customer models.”
“Mentioned for views with Roelof Botha on AI making middle management obsolete.”
“Fired 40% of Block's workforce and stated that intelligence tools have changed what it means to run a company.”
“Twitter founder now CEO of Block; co-authored post arguing AI can replace middle management as part of Block's restructuring for AI era.”
“Block CEO announced plans to lay off nearly half of company's staff citing AI-driven changes to business operations.”