Tools for Humanity company
Overview
Tools for Humanity is the private technology company founded in 2019 by Alex Blania and Sam Altman that develops the World project, originally launched as Worldcoin. Blania is chief executive and Altman is chairman. The project set out a three-part mission: a global identity system, a global currency, and an app for paying with World's own digital token as well as other digital assets and fiat. Its central product is World ID, an open-source protocol the company describes as a digital passport for proving that someone is a unique human — a problem framed as increasingly important in a world of AI-generated content — with the stated longer-term ambition of enabling global democratic processes and a path to AI-funded universal basic income. Enrolment relies on the Orb, a custom privacy-protecting biometric imaging device that has verified the humanness and uniqueness of two million individuals worldwide. The project has drawn substantial regulatory scrutiny, with investigations by data protection regulators in Bavaria, Brazil, Kenya, South Korea and Spain, and fines and orders to delete collected data in some jurisdictions. Tools for Humanity was founded in 2019 by Alex Blania and Sam Altman, launched Worldcoin publicly with the Orb biometric enrolment device, and later rebranded the project to World. It has faced data-protection investigations in Bavaria, Brazil, Kenya, South Korea and Spain, incurring fines and deletion orders in some cases, while expanding partnerships with US technology companies.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Tools for Humanity connects to 13 tracked entities, most strongly to Worldcoin, World Chain, Sam Altman.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 10 of 13 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
parent_of | Worldcoin | 95% |
launched | World Chain | 95% |
founded_by | Sam Altman | 95% |
launched | Sam Altman | 95% |
founded | Sam Altman | 95% |
founded_by | Alex Blania | 95% |
founded | Alex Blania | 95% |
employs | Alex Blania | 94% |
launched | Worldcoin | 93% |
founded | Worldcoin | 90% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Tools for Humanity?
Tools for Humanity is an other tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 13 other tracked entities, most strongly to Worldcoin, World Chain, Sam Altman.
What type of entity is Tools for Humanity?
Tools for Humanity is classified as an other (company) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Tools for Humanity connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Tools for Humanity is linked to 13 other tracked entities, most strongly to Worldcoin, World Chain, Sam Altman.
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