Worldcoin

Type: Company

As of November 2026, Worldcoin has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Diary Of A CEO (May 2026). Worldcoin is discussed in the context of implementing UBI through technology.

World, also known as World Network, is a humanity verification project and financial network. It was developed and launched as the cryptocurrency project Worldcoin. Among other organizations, contributors to the project include Tools for Humanity, a company founded in 2019 by Sam Altman, Max Novendstern, and Alex Blania. World's stated mission is to provide a reliable and anonymous way to authenticate humans online, which it calls World ID. After accumulating $250 million in funding from venture