Sam Altman's biometric startup World raises $52.5M in crypto sale

World, the biometric identity startup co-founded by OpenAI's Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a private token sale to institutional investors. The funding aims to scale its Worldcoin project, which uses iris scanning to create unique digital IDs. This round signals continued investor appetite for blockchain-based identity solutions despite ongoing regulatory challenges.

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