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Block Releases Buzz, an Open-Source Workspace for Humans and AI Agents

September 15, 2026 at 17:47 EDT

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Block has released Buzz, a free, open-source collaboration workspace that puts people and AI agents in the same channels, with agents treated as accountable participants rather than sidecar chatbots. The project, launched on July 21, 2026 and available through buzz.xyz, is Block's latest attempt to turn agent use from a one-person prompt workflow into a shared operating layer for teams.

July 21, 2026 · Block

Buzz puts AI agents in the team room

Block released an open-source workspace where humans and agents share channels, permissions, workflows and a signed activity record.

32,825

GitHub stars at latest check

4,304

GitHub forks

2,658

Repository commits

Open-source momentum, shown to scale

32,825

stars

4,304

forks

The repository's star count is about eight times its fork count, indicating broad attention beyond direct code copying.

What the workspace connects

Channels

People and agents share rooms.

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Signed events

Messages, approvals and git actions enter one log.

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Workflows

Agents can review, patch and run approved automations.

Developer appeal

Shared context, searchable project memory and agents with their own identities make collaboration easier to audit.

Adoption caveats

The project is unfinished, hosted relays are not end-to-end encrypted, and some features remain in progress.

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