Sam Altman Launches WLD Crypto Coin

Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency startup founded by Sam Altman and Alex Blania, has begun its global rollout of services to distinguish humans from AI online. The startup has raised approximately $250 million in funding, with notable backers including Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, and Reid Hoffman. Worldcoin offers an identity technology and a token that individuals can access by downloading the World App and using the Orb, a helmet-shaped eyeball-scanning verification device, to obtain their World ID. The startup aims to distribute a crypto wallet and currency to every human's smartphone, requiring a method to verify individual uniqueness, with individuals in multiple countries receiving 25 Worldcoin tokens upon verifying their World ID at an Orb. The startup currently holds about 20% of all its tokens, and the total supply of "WLD" tokens is capped at 10 billion for the first 15 years.