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Building blocks @Square @CashApp @BitcoinatBlock @spiral_xyz @TIDAL @Bitkey @protomining

[Presidio Bitcoin @PresidioBitcoin]

The Open Source AI Summit is next week!

Here’s another look at the agenda, with more talks and speakers.

There’s still some tickets available, apply via the link below.

[Block @blocks]

Our 2025 Business Sustainability Report is out now. It covers how we measure and manage our impact across Block’s operations, products, and partnerships.

Full report here: https://t.co/utqv55gN4i

[Block @blocks]

What’s new for artists on Tidal by @rsa

[rsa @rsa]

https://t.co/uROpQJqRvB

[Block @blocks]

More for independent artists on Tidal.

[Tidal @TIDAL]

Tidal is the most artist-first option for Direct-to-Fan Sales 💯

Starting today, our share for Upload and merch sales will all go to the artist.
- 0% goes to Tidal when artists sell music and merch
- Upload is free to use and available now
- Merch stores are in beta

More here: https://t.co/2CQIgZIM4z

#tidal #tidalupload

[Block @blocks]

Come join fellow builders at the Open Source AI Summit on September 10-11 in San Francisco. Powered by Buzz.

Apply for a ticket: https://t.co/SIuXEuaju0

[Presidio Bitcoin @PresidioBitcoin]

The Open Source AI Summit will be powered by Buzz!

Athena is the summit's shared agent. She’s here to help attendees navigate the event and champion open-source AI. Ask her anything, or bring your own agent.

Apply for a ticket today.

[James Nettesheim @JamesNettesheim]

We're at a critical moment as an industry. Proud that @blocks has joined many others in calling for a collective response, the defenders' window is open, and it's on all of us to use it. https://t.co/A3ti4leVao

[Tom Brow @_tombrow]

New today in Buzz mobile 0.13:
- Messages: native long-press menu, compact links
- Revamped channel details
- Emoji search
- Biometrics-protected identity export

[Block @blocks]

https://t.co/SRXHENuWbA

[Jude Edwards @jedwards_27]

AI can build an app in an afternoon. But getting it safely into other people's hands is a whole other challenge!

This is the problem that I've been working on these past few months. I'm proud to finally share how we solved it with Block App Kit!

https://t.co/hXm6NdcMUW

[Block @blocks]

A wise one once said, build in the open and you'll start hearing the Berd or the Buzz.

🧵some of the people designing and building both.

[Block @blocks]

https://t.co/MGThnJ14ws

[ThomPete @Hello_World]

https://t.co/GlWbNW7nod

[Lucas @IsazaLucas]

Providing an interface that every employee can configure to be their own has empowered everyone to do more with AI at Block

We're experimenting a lot with Berd and there's a lot of good stuff we'll bring to Buzz

Try it out! https://t.co/DhIvJuPj8w https://t.co/0yNkaOFVp9

[Morgan Martin @morganmartn]

Today we're open sourcing Berd, a beautiful desktop app for working with AI agents. And one that isn't afraid to have a personality.

We had capable models and harnesses everywhere, but no environment around them that we actually loved opening every day. So a small team built one for ourselves, and it's scaled to something a huge portion of Block now uses. Especially the non-engineers who want to build things.

The part I'm proudest of is how it was built. Design and engineering as one team. Designers in the code and engineers in the design decisions. Everyone owning what they're working on; everyone moving together like it was choreographed...and really fast.

In a world where anyone can build anything now, what makes something worth opening every day is the care inside it. Berd is for people who want to step outside the norm a little. Who want their solo workspace to feel fun, and who want AI to feel less scary and confusing.

Model-agnostic, harness-agnostic, and built for you to shape your own AI world. From us, to you.

[Block @blocks]

Agent work often begins privately, but useful work rarely stays solo. What we learn in Berd will help us shape Buzz, our open source workspace for people and agents working together. Start alone, then go multiplayer: https://t.co/bPzJnqXVVU

[Block @blocks]

We often build the tools we need ourselves. Berd is the desktop application our teams use to work with AI agents across projects, skills, tools, and models. Today, we’re making it open source and sharing what we’ve learned. Meet Berd, AI with character: https://t.co/0RMZlKZP8P

[Block @blocks]

From Square to Cash App, we have a history of bringing thoughtful design to technical categories. With Berd, we brought that same instinct to AI agents. Meet the Gloopies, designed to make agents more recognizable and approachable.