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Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble
Feb 26, 2026The Verge AI
Jack Dorsey's Block, the financial tech company that runs Square and the Cash app, is cutting its workforce by "nearly half" and axing more than 4,000 jobs. The company will shrink from more than 10,000 people to less than 6,000, Dorsey says in a post on X. And the reason why? AI. "We're not making...