Q&A with Block CEO Jack Dorsey on laying off 40% of the company's workers, wanting Block to “feel like a mini AGI”, his take on Elon Musk's X, and more
Q&A with Block CEO Jack Dorsey on laying off 40% of the company's workers, wanting Block to “feel like a mini AGI”, his take on Elon Musk's X, and more
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block's cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”
Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP
Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block (the company formerly known as Square), went on X (the company formerly known as Twitter …
Block's plan to lay off over 4,000 employees, citing AI work automation, adds to growing angst among white-collar workers over AI's potential for job disruption
Layoffs at Block add to growing backlash bubbling up across American companies; ‘It brings out the pitchforks’
Block says it is laying off 4,000+ of its 10,000+ employees, saying AI tools have changed “what it means to build and run a company”; XYZ jumps 15%+
Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount.
Q&A with Square Head of Product Willem Avé on Block's restructuring in 2024, AI automation, investing in crypto, Lightning, working for Jack Dorsey, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
Memo: Jack Dorsey plans a Block restructuring to remove business unit silos and group staff by function and warns that it may feel “disruptive or uncomfortable”
Kali Hays / Fortune :
Employee letter: PayPal plans to lay off around 2,500 employees, or about 9% of its workforce, and will cut back on open roles
The following message was shared with PayPal employees today by President & CEO Alex Chriss: Michael Grothaus / Fast Company : Tech layoffs 2024: Grim January ends with job cuts at PayPal, Block, iRob...
Larry Summers, now on OpenAI's interim board, believes AI is coming for white-collar jobs; Summers sits on Block's and Skillsoft's boards and advised a16z
Late on Tuesday night, OpenAI announced the return of Sam Altman, its ousted chief executive officer, along with a revamped board …
MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, who worked on CashApp as Square's CTO and on Android at Google, dies after being stabbed in San Francisco on April 4
I worked with Bob Lee when I first started working at Google. … Jenny Lee : Last night, I heard about Bob Lee's passing. I am completely devasted and heartbroken. — Bob was our Chief Product Office...