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Block Open Source
@blockopensource
Dec 9, 2025
Big news: Block, @Anthropic, and @OpenAI are launching the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), a new @linuxfoundation directed fund for open source agentic AI. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Bloomberg, and Amazon are already committed. aaif.io 🧵
Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) - Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF)
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Block Open Source
@blockopensource
Feb 18
Open source is a powerful tool to enhance economic empowerment. Freedom of access and use enables more users to access high quality software code and empowers greater innovation through access to tools. It is the backbone of the internet, but remains undervalued and
Open source as critical infrastructure: A white paper by Block, inc.
From opensource.block.xyz
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Block Open Source
@blockopensource
Feb 12
"Agentic coders are amazing at writing code, not at having an immediate sense of what the real problem is." Sass creator Hampton Lintorn-Catlin talks UUIDv7, his human-first approach to agentic dev, and more. Welcome to the Developer Spotlight 🔥
Developer Spotlight: Hampton Lintorn-Catlin on UUIDv7
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Block Open Source
@blockopensource
Feb 5
We integrated Afterpay's BNPL in @goose_oss over the open Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP). Shopping from your AI agent is the future.
Agentic Commerce & BNPL: Integrating Afterpay with the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP)
From opensource.block.xyz
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Block Open Source
@blockopensource
Jan 16
The best defense is a good offense. Especially when it comes to securing AI systems. With Operation Pale Fire, the security team tricked goose into running an infostealer on an employee's laptop. And what we learned was extremely valuable. 🧵
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