Sam Altman’s iris-scanning, identify-verification technology startup is expanding to the US, and will attempt to bridge the divide between blockchain-based financial networks and the payment services most often used here.
Altman and Alex Blania, a German physics researcher, announced at an event in San Francisco this evening that their venture-backed company, Tools for Humanity, is updating its “World” products—and announcing a series of high-profile partnerships with companies including Visa and Match Group.
Courtesy of Tools for Humanity
World first launched as Worldcoin in July 2024, the brainchild of Altman, Blania, and Max Novendstern, who is no longer at the company. Blania serves as CEO, while
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