Jack Dorsey Takes On Slack and GitHub With New AI Workplace Platform 'Buzz' (smartcompany.com.au)
(Wednesday July 22, 2026 @11:00AM (BeauHD)
from the jack-of-all-workflows dept.)
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- News link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/22/040209/jack-dorsey-takes-on-slack-and-github-with-new-ai-workplace-platform-buzz
- Source link: https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/jack-dorsey-buzz-ai-slack-github-rival/
Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, an open-source workplace collaboration platform that [1]combines messaging, project management, and software development workflows for teams of both humans and AI agents . Dorsey [2]described Buzz as "a new groupchat platform for teams of people and agents of all sizes" that is "model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign and open source." SmartCompany reports:
> According to the Buzz website, users can invite specialized AI agents into team chats, allowing them to collaborate with employees and even other AI agents. From there, they can reportedly move directly from discussions into planning, coding, pull requests and project management without switching between multiple applications.
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> Buzz also aims to replace parts of GitHub by bringing software development workflows directly into the platform. Teams can plan work, write code, review pull requests and manage Git projects without jumping between separate collaboration and development tools. [...] In practice, that means businesses aren't locked into a single AI provider. Organisations can self-host Buzz, customize it to suit their own workflows and choose whichever AI models best fit their needs.
[1] https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/jack-dorsey-buzz-ai-slack-github-rival/
[2] https://x.com/jack/status/2079605800998146171?s=20
> According to the Buzz website, users can invite specialized AI agents into team chats, allowing them to collaborate with employees and even other AI agents. From there, they can reportedly move directly from discussions into planning, coding, pull requests and project management without switching between multiple applications.
>
> Buzz also aims to replace parts of GitHub by bringing software development workflows directly into the platform. Teams can plan work, write code, review pull requests and manage Git projects without jumping between separate collaboration and development tools. [...] In practice, that means businesses aren't locked into a single AI provider. Organisations can self-host Buzz, customize it to suit their own workflows and choose whichever AI models best fit their needs.
[1] https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/jack-dorsey-buzz-ai-slack-github-rival/
[2] https://x.com/jack/status/2079605800998146171?s=20
Llm (Score:1)
by arnowa ( 640300 )
Does it allow LLMs to have full overview over all repos in a self-hosted version? Is it friendly to local AI coding?
Complex (Score:2)
by fluffernutter ( 1411889 )
Oh great, just what I need in my work.. more complexity. Instead of work coming at me from 50 different directions, there will be work AND AI agents.
Is Aldrin still alive? (Score:2)
He must be pretty old by now if he is...