Block Cuts Nearly Half of Workforce in Strategic Shift to AI-Focused Operations
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Summary
Block, the financial technology company founded by Jack Dorsey, is cutting nearly half of its workforce (over 4,000 jobs) as it shifts focus to become an "intelligence-native" company. The company will shrink from over 10,000 employees to less than 6,000. Dorsey emphasizes this is not due to financial trouble but rather a strategic pivot toward AI and intelligence tools, stating the company's business remains strong with growing gross profit and improving profitability.
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Our business is strong. Gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving
But something has changed. We're already seeing that the intelligence tools we're creating and using
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