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    How to Reorg After AI Changes Everything | Block's Owen Jennings on the a16z Show

    Owen Jennings, David Haber

    Block reduced its workforce by over 40% with a specific focus on engineering and product roles to transition from a hierarchical model to an agentic, squad-based structure. This strategic pivot leverages proprietary tools like the "Goose" harness and autonomous "Builder Bot" to achieve productivity gains of up to 100x while maintaining P0 reliability and an intact compliance team. The company aims to redefine its competitive moat through deep domain data expertise and generative UI, anticipating a market expansion that offsets the reduction in traditional development headcount.