Block

Overview

Block, Inc., formerly known as Square, Inc., is a technology company founded in 2009 by CEO Jack Dorsey. The company focuses on economic empowerment through financial services, payments, and blockchain innovations. Block serves millions of users and sellers with an integrated suite of tools and processes billions of dollars in payments annually.

Through a range of interconnected brands such as Square, Cash App, Afterpay, and Bitkey, Block provides advanced solutions for payments, banking, lending, and bitcoin services. The company emphasizes the development of integrated ecosystems to enhance access to the global economy and actively explores AI and blockchain technologies to improve financial efficiency and market reach.

Basic Information

Contact Details

• Phone: +1 415-375-3176
• Website: block.xyz
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/joinblock

Key Focus Areas & Initiatives

• computer software: prepackaged software
• technology
• financial infrastructure
• user experience
• distributed systems
• payment systems
• buy now pay later
• envoy
• music streaming
• cryptography
• defi
• grpc
• okhttp
• community-driven development
• bitcoin ecosystem
• machine learning
• financial empowerment
• microservices
• financial technology
• financial services
• government
• developer tools
• cryptocurrency
• digital wallet
• retail
• digital asset management
• blockchain development
• financial inclusion
• digital asset security
• cryptography tools
• customer engagement
• consumer finance
• payment processing
• operational efficiency
• security protocols
• open source collaboration
• open source
• bitcoin mining
• d2c
• services
• bitcoin
• b2b
• financial innovation
• payments
• blockchain protocols
• e-commerce
• b2c
• innovation
• financial transactions processing, reserve, and clearinghouse activities
• customer service
• payment hardware
• payment apis
• api integration
• blockchain
• merchant solutions
• financial ecosystem
• digital payments
• mobile payments
• decentralized finance
• mobile financial services
• cryptographic protocols
• decentralized applications
• risk management
• artistic empowerment
• cloud infrastructure
• scalability
• payroll services
• digital assets
• bitcoin wallet
• self-custody wallet
• blockchain security
• economic empowerment
• decentralized identity
• scam protection
• cash deposit management
• community development
• overdraft coverage
• digital identity
• blockchain technology
• peer-to-peer payments
• investment strategies
• wealth building
• small business support
• financial literacy
• sustainable initiatives
• ai for fraud detection
• customer empowerment
• financial education
• community partnerships
• accessible financial tools
• direct deposit
• cash app features
• privacy security
• customer trust
• automated support
• affordable banking solutions
• impact investments
• crypto integration
• online security
• user-friendly interface
• financial services innovation
• sustainable banking
• transaction transparency
• financial access tools
• market analysis
• payment processing solutions
• diversifying investments
• financial data protection
• cash management solutions
• expanding banking access
• finance
• consumer products & retail
• ux
• artificial intelligence
• information technology & services
• finance technology
• enterprise software
• enterprises
• computer software
• consumer internet
• consumers
• internet
• internet infrastructure

Technologies Used

• .NET
• ACL
• ADP GlobalView Payroll
• AI
• ANGEL LMS
• AWS Analytics
• AWS Fargate
• AWS SDK for JavaScript
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Adform
• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Media Optimizer
• Afterpay
• Airflow
• Airtable
• Altitude ARENA
• Amazon Associates
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon EC2
• Amazon EKS Anywhere
• Amazon FreeRTOS
• Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)
• Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (MWAA)
• Amazon S3
• Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• American Express
• Amplitude
• Android
• Anthropic Claude
• Apache HTTP Server
• Apache Iceberg
• Apache Kafka
• Apache Spark
• Apollo
• AppsFlyer
• ArcGIS
• Argon CI/CD Security
• Asana
• Aurora
• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Bash
• Bazel
• Bevywise MQTT Broker
• Blackline
• Braze
• Buffer
• Buildkite
• CET
• CallMiner Eureka
• Cash App
• Cedexis Radar
• ChatGPT
• Chorus by ZoomInfo
• Cisco Meraki MS
• Cisco Nexus Dashboard
• Cisco Nexus Switches
• Claude
• Crestron
• Cross Pixel Media
• Cursor
• DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit)
• Databricks
• Datadog
• Dell EMC PowerStore
• Delta Lake
• Docker
• ECS
• Envoy
• FOUNDATION
• Figma
• Fivetran
• Frame
• GRPC
• Gem
• Gemini
• Git
• GitHub
• Gmail
• Google
• Google Analytics
• Google Apps
• Google Cloud BigQuery
• Google Cloud Platform
• Google Docs
• Google Font API
• Google Guice
• Google Meet
• Google Sheets
• Google Tag Manager
• Google Workspace
• Gradle
• Grafana
• GraphQL
• Greenhouse.io
• Groovy
• Hibernate
• Hightouch
• IBM HTTP Server
• IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio
• INAP
• IQMS
• InfluxDB
• Instagram
• Intercom
• Inventor
• Iterable
• JAX
• JFrog Artifactory
• JUnit
• Javascript
• Jetpack
• Jetty Server
• Jira
• Kaltura
• Kiosked
• Kotlin
• Kubernetes
• LEAP
• LaunchDarkly
• Linear
• Looker
• LucidChart
• MLflow
• Mastercard Offers
• Meta Pixel
• Micro
• Microsoft 365
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office 365
• Mobile Friendly
• Mode
• Mongoose
• Mulesoft
• MySQL
• Ning
• NumPy
• Objective-C
• Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX)
• OpenAI
• OpenSearch
• OrCAD PSpice Designer
• Oracle Bare Metal Cloud Services
• Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer
• Oracle Cloud
• Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP
• Oracle Global Order Promising
• Oracle Integration Cloud
• Oracle Project Costing
• Oracle SCM Cloud
• Phantom
• Playvox WFM
• Plotly Dash
• Plotly.js
• Postpresso
• Prefect
• Prometheus
• PrototypeJS
• PySpark
• PyTorch
• Python
• Quartic
• REST
• Rackspace MailGun
• React
• React Redux
• Reddit for business
• Redis
• Route 53
• Ruby On Rails
• Rust
• SAP
• SAP Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
• SAP Fieldglass Services Procurement
• SQL
• SQLite
• SWIFT
• SalesLoft
• Salesforce
• Salesforce Marketing Cloud
• SentenceTransformers
• SentryOne SQL Sentry
• Sidekiq Pro
• Slack
• Snowflake
• Spark
• Square
• Square Online (formerly Weebly)
• Square POS
• Square, Inc.
• Streamlit
• Stripe Billing
• Swagger UI
• Tableau
• Tampa AS400 Inc
• Temporal Cloud
• TensorFlow
• Terraform
• TikTok
• Timescale
• TypeScript
• Uikit
• Varnish
• Vertex AI
• Vimeo
• Visa
• Visual-Basic-.NET
• Vitess
• Vscode
• Weibo
• WordPress.org
• Workday
• XGBoost
• Xcode
• YouTube
• Zelle
• Zendesk
• Zip
• dbt
• ezFlow for Google Docs for G Suite
• go+
• iTunes
• mO Jira OAuth SSO, Jira OpenID Connect SSO, Jira OIDC SSO
• matplotlib
• pandas
• reCAPTCHA
• scikit-learn

Affiliated Organizations & Regional Branches

• Aspiro
• The Chefz
• Stitch Labs
• Framed Data (Acquired by Square)
• TIDAL
• apna
• TIDAL
• Square
• LetzGo App
• Entrees On-Trays
• Afterpay
• Viewfinder
• BookFresh
• San Antonio Aware and Prepared
• Crew
• Eloquent Labs - Acquired by Square
• Kili Technology Corporation
• HIFI
• Mainlinedelivery
• Yik Yak, Inc.