About dessaai.app

dessaai.app is an independent research hub, audio archive, and architectural breakdown dedicated to Dessa AI, the full-duplex speech-to-speech model developed by Block's internal deep learning research lab.

Our mission is to organize the 21 unsteered audio demonstrations, synchronized conversation transcripts, hardware training specifications (1x NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and local MacBook Pro M4 Max inference), and side-by-side benchmarks against OpenAI's GPT-Live-1 into an accessible, multilingual reference.

This website is an independent editorial and educational resource and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by Block, Inc. or OpenAI. For official safety researcher access applications, visit block.xyz/dessa or contact ragavan+dessa@block.xyz.