Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $52.5M Through Crypto Sale
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Sam Altman’s Worldcoin Raises $52.5M Through Crypto Sale

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Sam Altman's startup, World, has secured $52.5 million in funding through a cryptocurrency sale to advance its project of creating unique digital identifiers based on human eyeballs.

World, described as a side project for Sam Altman, aims to scan the world’s eyeballs and convert that biometric data into what it calls “unique digital identifiers.” The company recently completed a funding round totaling $52.5 million through the sale of its cryptocurrency.

The purpose of this initiative is not detailed in the source beyond establishing these unique identifiers. No further information regarding the application or long-term goals of Worldcoin was provided.

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