We believe voice is the most natural way to interact with intelligence, so we created Dessa, the most authentic full-duplex speech model ever built. Talking with it feels like talking with a person…full of emotion, nuance, pauses, and a natural cadence. block.xyz/dessa↗

open the frontier the frontier is the edge of what we know. no company owns what comes next. i want more people to be able to advance it. i favor open releases that people can examine, use, and improve together without waiting. i want more companies to choose openness. i'm not…↗

we're launching BUZZ! a new groupchat platform for teams of people and agents of all sizes, built to reduce our dependency on slack and github. model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign, and open source. 🐝 buzz.xyz↗

i’ve shifted from telling agents what to do, to asking them what to do, and pulling the best thread.↗

From Hierarchy to Intelligence At Sequoia, we see that speed is the best predictor of start-up success. Most companies are focused on AI as a productivity enhancer. Few are focused on the potential of AI to change how we work together. Block is showing what it looks like to fund…↗