Jack Dorsey's Block Just Launched Buzz — An Open-Source Workspace Where AI Agents Sit in the Same Rooms as Humans Jack Dorsey did exactly what you'd expect him to do. On July 21, Block released Buzz — an open-source, self-hostable workspace that combines team chat, Git hosting, AI agents, and automated workflows into a single platform. And he is going after Slack and GitHub at...

What Buzz Actually Is — and Why It Matters On July 21, Jack Dorsey's Block launched Buzz — an open-source workspace that bundles team chat, AI agents, automated workflows, and Git hosting into a single self-hostable package. The pitch is unusually direct: reduce Block's dependence on Slack and GitHub at the same time. That is not a "Slack alternative" play. Slack alternatives are...

Jack Dorsey's Buzz Is What Happens When a CEO Actually Dogfoods His Own Thesis Jack Dorsey launched Buzz yesterday. Block's new open-source workspace combines team chat, AI agents, and a built-in Git forge into one self-hostable platform built on signed Nostr events. It's ambitious, unfinished, and exactly the kind of product you'd expect from someone who's been saying AI should reshape how...