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# Worldcoin
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/worldcoin/
- Published: 1999-01-03T03:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-01-04T06:07:11.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Worldcoin** is a biometric digital currency project run by [Tools for Humanity](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Tools-for-Humanity).

## History

Worldcoin was founded in 2019 by [Sam Altman](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Sam-Altman), Alex Blania and Max Novendstern.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2)

## Personnel

| Name                                                           | Position                | Notes  |
| -------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ------ |
| Alex Blania                                                    | Co-founder[\[3\]](#fn3) | \-     |
| [Sam Altman](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Sam-Altman) | Co-founder              | OpenAI |

## Investors

Individuals and companies invested in Worldcoin include:[\[1:1\]](#fn1)[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5)

- 1confirmation
- Andreesen Horowitz
- [Digital Currency Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Digital-Currency-Group) (DCG)
- Fifty Years
- Hashed
- Hypersphere Ventures
- Jesse Walden
- Kenetic Capital
- [Khosla Ventures](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Khosla-Ventures)
- Multicoin Capital
- Reid Hoffman
- Sam Bankman-Fried
- Three Arrows Capital

## External links

- [Website](https://worldcoin.org/)

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1. Pandolfo, C. (2023, May 16). *OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $100M for Worldcoin crypto project, which uses “Orb” to scan your eye: report.* FOXBusiness. <http://archive.today/2023.07.25-175449/https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/openai-ceo-sam-altman-raises-100m-worldcoin-crypto-project-uses-orb-scan-eye> [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1)
2. Singh, M. (2022, August 25).*Worldcoin co-founder leaves firm to start new venture.* TechCrunch. <http://archive.today/2023.07.27-162251/https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/24/worldcoin-co-founder-novendstern-leaves-startup-to-start-new-venture/> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. Blania, A., & Altman, S. *Introducing Worldcoin.* Worldcoin. Retrieved July 25, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230725075258/https://worldcoin.org/cofounder-letter> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *Series A - Worldcoin - 2021-10-21 - Crunchbase Funding Round Profile.* Crunchbase. Retrieved July 31, 2023, from <https://www.crunchbase.com/funding%5Fround/worldcoin-series-a--44c54904> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Worldcoin - Funding, Financials, Valuation & Investors.* Crunchbase. Retrieved July 31, 2023, from <https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/worldcoin/company%5Ffinancials> [↩︎](#fnref5)