Training Data Block CTO Dhanji Prasanna: Building the AI-First Enterprise with Goose, their Open Source Agent
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Sep 30, 2025 
Dhanji Prasanna, CTO of Block, has spearheaded the company's AI transformation, enabling significant productivity gains. He discusses the development of Goose, an open-source AI agent that automates workflows and allows teams to create custom applications effortlessly. Dhanji highlights how Block restructured its teams to foster AI innovation and advocates for the potential of swarm intelligence over large models. He also touches on the balance between generative AI and traditional methods, along with the importance of open-source for community growth.
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AI's Value Is Intent-Dependent
- AI's impact depends on who wields it and for what purpose.
- Dhanji compares AI to nuclear energy: transformative or dangerous by intent.
Reorganize To Scale AI Adoption
- Centralize AI efforts and reorganize functionally to scale impact.
- Dhanji moved Block from GM silos to functional teams to accelerate AI adoption.
Agents As Middleware For Capabilities
- Agent middleware lets UIs call enterprise capabilities uniformly.
- Dhanji says UIs evolve to talk to capabilities through an agent layer like Goose.