Jack Dorsey's Block launches AI-native tool Builderbot, capable of handling 15% of code work

BlockBeats News, June 18th, Jack Dorsey's financial services company Block launched a new set of AI-native tools called Builderbot on Wednesday. Block stated that the tool can currently execute about 15% of the company's production code changes, perform over 200,000 operations per day, and merge approximately 1,500 pull requests per week.

Brad Axen, Head of Block's AI Capability, said: "The best way to understand Builderbot is to see it as a missing layer between AI coding tools and the actual large-scale operation of the engineering team." Block said that work that used to take months can now be done in just a few days.

Builderbot is an orchestration layer that coordinates multiple AI agents working across Block's entire codebase. Unlike coding assistants limited to a single code repository, Builderbot understands Block's full codebase, each service, API, and convention, allowing any engineer to make changes anywhere in the company's system. Block stated that sharing details about Builderbot is because it believes the shift from AI-assisted coding to AI-native engineering is one of the most important discussions in the current tech field.