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Updated June 15, 2026Block, Inc. (formerly Square) is a financial technology company founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvie. With a market capitalization exceeding $40 billion, Block operates a portfolio of financial services including Square (merchant payments), Cash App (consumer finance), TIDAL (music streaming), and Spiral (Bitcoin development).
Block has integrated AI across its product ecosystem, with a particular focus on AI-powered financial services for small businesses and consumers. Square's AI features include intelligent invoice generation, automated bookkeeping categorization, predictive cash flow analytics, and AI-assisted customer engagement tools. Cash App uses machine learning for fraud detection, risk assessment, and personalized financial insights.
The company has also invested in AI-driven lending decisions through Square Loans, which uses transaction data and machine learning to underwrite loans for merchants — enabling faster, more accurate lending decisions than traditional credit scoring. Block's unique position sitting on vast transaction data across millions of merchants and Cash App users gives it a distinctive AI advantage in fintech.