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Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble

2 sources2 storiesFirst seen 2/26/2026Score42Mixed Progress
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42
Coverage
20
Recency
90
Engagement
0
Velocity
99
Confidence
57
Clipability
70
Polarization
0
Claims
5
Contradictions
0
Breakthrough
50

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Geography

North America

Expert Signals

TechCrunch - AI

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The Verge - AI

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Extracted Claims

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next.

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Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk.

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Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes.

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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.

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The company will shrink from more than 10,000 people to less than 6,000, Dorsey says in a post on X.

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Tradetechcrunch.com2/26/2026
Tradetheverge.com2/26/2026