Block is a globally distributed team, and we’re sticking to it. We empower our people to work from wherever they feel most creative. No return to work mandates here. Whether you want to join us from home, one of our offices, or somewhere in between – the choice is yours. Explore opportunities across Block: https://lnkd.in/es-i5drB
Block
Financial Services
Oakland, California 128,021 followers
Block builds simple, powerful tools that make progress towards an economy that’s truly open to all.
About us
Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide support and guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.
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https://block.xyz/
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- Industry
- Financial Services
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1990
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Join us tomorrow to hear from Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna about how our open source AI agent, codename goose, is changing how we work. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/ddmAZX4v
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NEXT WEEK: Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna joins TechCrunch on Tuesday April 22nd to discuss Block's open source AI agent framework, codename goose. Sign up at the link below to hear from Dhanji, along with Anthropic CEO and Co-Founder Dario Amodei and Databricks CEO and Co-Founder Ali Ghodsi https://lnkd.in/ejG4HY5t
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Ever wondered how an open source AI agent scales within a Fortune 500 company? Our case study with Anthropic and Databricks shows how Block transformed codename goose from an internal developer tool into a company-wide productivity powerhouse, now used daily by thousands of Block employees across teams.
Block uses Claude in Databricks to power their AI agent, helping 75% of engineers save 8-10+ hours weekly. This AI solution democratizes data access across the organization, enabling employees with no SQL knowledge to independently solve complex data problems. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gdncbabd
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How do companies like Block build viral open source projects? 🤔 Listen as Amanda Robson & Timothy Chen talk with 🇦🇺 Manik Surtani & Bradley Axen about Block's history with open source, the creation of the viral AI agent project "codename goose" & the future of open source at Block 💪 Full episode 👉 https://lnkd.in/gfBkfNiv
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What you need to know about how little we know.
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Every time a scam is reported on Cash App, it kicks off a process that helps protect users and make scam detection smarter. In our latest white paper, you’ll find insights into how scam reports fuel AI-driven detection, strengthen prevention systems across the platform, and more. Every new data point makes the system smarter, more adaptive, and more resilient in the fight against financial scams. Dive into the full report to learn more about the tools, technology, and partnerships protecting millions of Cash App users every day: https://lnkd.in/ghp_8qS5
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Meet Manik Surtani, Block’s Head of Open Source and 12-year company veteran who’s leading our strategic commitment to transparency and collaboration. Open source has been in our DNA since our earliest days as Square, but we’ve recently formalized this commitment by establishing a dedicated Open Source Program Office led by Manik. With decades of experience in the open source community (including work on JBoss and helping create gRPC), he brings both historical perspective and forward-thinking vision to this role. From codename goose, our trending AI framework, to infrastructure tools that power systems worldwide, our open source initiatives directly support our purpose of economic empowerment through transparency, accessibility, and trust. Read more about Manik’s journey and the future of open source at Block: https://lnkd.in/dMZfXYVC
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Protecting our communities is a responsibility we take seriously. Today, we're sharing how Cash App collaborates with law enforcement agencies to combat financial crime while safeguarding customer privacy. Our work has been recognized by agencies including Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, US Treasury, who recently noted that our reporting contributed to nine significant criminal cases, including two award-winning investigations. These public-private partnerships demonstrate how financial intelligence can combat crime and support critical public safety work. Learn more about how our Special Investigations Unit and Law Enforcement Response Teams are helping create a more secure financial ecosystem through responsible collaboration: https://lnkd.in/eMJZreS4
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We’re proud to be the first company in North America to deploy the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems for frontier AI research. This new infrastructure, deployed at an Equinix data center, will be used in the research and training of open source generative AI models, with the goal of solving real challenges for real people. "We think it's essential not only to apply AI to existing problems, but also to explore, learn, and build in the open so that we can advance the frontier of AI in a way that truly levels the playing field for our customers and community." - Dhanji Prasanna, Block CTO Our commitment to open source AI development builds on our research team’s previous pioneering work in deepfake detection and hyper-realistic audio generation, and we look forward to sharing our discoveries along the way. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eRdzsvbv
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