TLDR Tech / Fintech
Block reimagines the org chart: AI as middle management, humans on the edge
For 2,000 years, from Roman legions to modern corporations, organizations have been constrained by the same tradeoff: narrowing the span of control requires adding management layers, which slows information flow. Block is betting that AI can replace what hierarchy does by building a "company world model" from its remote-first artifacts and a "customer world model" from real-time transaction data across Cash App and Square, reorganizing around three roles (ICs, DRIs, and player-coaches) with no permanent middle management layer.
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