Jack Dorsey fires nearly half staff at Block
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Financial tech firm Block’s stock surged as much as 20% in Friday trading after its billionaire CEO Jack Dorsey revealed plans for sweeping layoffs and a full embrace of AI tools.
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Block cuts 40% of its workforce as Jack Dorsey cites AI-driven restructuring, saying the company remains financially strong despite eliminating over 4,000 jobs
Block beat views on growth in its consumer lending unit as writeoffs soared. With 40% of workers out, can AI replace them? If others follow, it could be AIpocalypse now.
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Block, the fintech company founded by former Twitter CEO, is laying off 8 percent of its staff, according to a report in TechCrunch. The layoffs will impact 931 people. About 240 remote workers in California are among those whose ...