Square, the point-of-sale system owned by Jack Dorsey’s Block, is announcing a number of new upgrades today—including one that will make it easier for business owners to accept payments in Bitcoin.

On Wednesday, the company made three announcements: • An expansion of its platform for restaurants (including AI-voice ordering and a bigger, broader Grubhub integration) • A conversational AI assistant embedded in its dashboard to answer questions, called Square AI • Square Bitcoin: An integrated Bitcoin payment and wallet system for business owners

The upgrades and announcements are designed to help business owners control their costs, dig up more insights within their data, and plan ahead with more confidence, Willem Avé, Square’s head of product, tells Fast Company.

“We’re focused o

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