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Architecture comparison

Block vs Stripe

Stripe runs closer to the foundational model (Native (own / self-hosted weights)) than Block (Direct API). No shared foundational model — different bets.

Block

FinTech

Proximity
Direct API
Models
Anthropic · ClaudeOpenAI · GPT
Cloud · datastore
AWSMySQL
Compliance
SOC 2PCI DSS
Architecture

Cash App Money Bot + Square Managerbot run on Anthropic Claude (Sonnet) and OpenAI GPT via Block’s open-source goose agent framework (Claude is goose’s default on Databricks).

Stripe

FinTech

Proximity
Native (own / self-hosted weights)
Models
proprietary / self-built models
Cloud · datastore
AWSMongoDBcustom sharded DB (DocDB)
Compliance
SOC 2PCI DSS Level 1HIPAA
Architecture

AWS-based payments platform built on a large MongoDB deployment fronted by an in-house sharding/transaction layer (DocDB). Radar fraud detection is in-house ML; a payments foundation model was trained on transaction data.

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