Worldcoin is a project developed by the company Tools for Humanity, co-founded by Sam Altman, Alex Blania, and Max Novendstern. Its mission is to build the world's largest identity and financial network to provide universal access to the global economy. The project consists of three parts: a privacy-preserving digital identity (World ID) verified via an iris-scanning device called the Orb, a cryptocurrency (WLD) given to all who verify, and a digital wallet (World App) for payments and transfers. The core concept is "proof-of-personhood" to distinguish humans from AI online.

Founded in

Japan