{"slug": "block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo", "title": "Block's AI layoffs taught it to be a far more efficient company: CFO", "summary": "Block, Inc. cut 40% of its workforce earlier this year as part of a broader push to adopt AI tools, CFO Amrita Ahuja said in an interview with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi. Ahuja said the reduction made Block a leaner, more efficient and more AI-centric company.", "body_md": "Block, Inc. ([XYZ](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/XYZ/)) reduced its workforce by 40% earlier this year as it committed to a wider adoption of AI tools. \n\nBlock CFO Amrita Ahuja sits down with Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss this choice and the results from becoming a leaner, more AI-centric company.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/blocks-ai-layoffs-taught-far-201748853.html", "published_at": "2026-09-11 20:17:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-11 20:54:51.460147+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Block, Inc.", "Amrita Ahuja", "Yahoo Finance", "Brian Sozzi"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/block-s-ai-layoffs-taught-it-to-be-a-far-more-efficient-company-cfo.jsonld"}}