Block

Block, the fintech company founded by Jack Dorsey, is undergoing rolling layoffs while requiring employees to use AI tools daily.

Block Introduces Dessa Speech Model Trained Only on Human Conversation

October 24, 2026

Block introduces Dessa, a full duplex speech model that learned language and conversational timing from human speech without text or pretrained models.

Block Deploys NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD for AI Research

March 15, 2025

Block, Inc. has become the first company in North America to deploy NVIDIA's DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems, focusing on open source AI model research.
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