As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman's eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says
Tools for Humanity, the identity verification startup chaired by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, is laying off staff as it struggles to generate steady revenue, according to a Business Insider report. The company runs World, formerly Worldcoin, and its iris-scanning Orb device, and raised funding at a valuation of roughly 2.5 billion dollars from backers including Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital. The cuts landed the same week OpenAI confidentially filed for its initial public offering, drawing a sharp contrast between two Altman ventures heading in opposite directions.
Key Takeaways
- Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.
OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman's eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says OpenAI announced on Monday that it confidentially filed for an IPO , marking what could become one of the defining public offerings of the decade.
- TechCrunch has reached out to the company for confirmation.
You might know Tools for Humanity better through its verification project known as World - and its related device, a creepy silver orb that wants to scan your eyeballs.
- The company would also use these scans to validate people's identities to support the trade of its own cryptocurrency, Worldcoin.
These vague, suspicious ambitions were enough to raise money at a $2.5 billion valuation from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, and other funds backing blockchain companies.
- In the U.S., companies like Tinder , Zoom, and Docusign have partnered on Altman's side project.
Internationally, Tools for Humanity has faced regulatory and ethical concerns .
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Stats & Key Facts
- #The company runs World, formerly Worldcoin, and its iris-scanning Orb device, and raised funding at a valuation of roughly 2.5 billion dollars from backers including Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital.
- #These vague, suspicious ambitions were enough to raise money at a $2.5 billion valuation from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, and other funds backing blockchain companies.
Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identity verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff. OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman's eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says OpenAI announced on Monday that it confidentially filed for an IPO , marking what could become one of the defining public offerings of the decade. And then there's OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's other company, Tools for Humanity , which is reportedly conducting layoffs, according to Business Insider .
TechCrunch has reached out to the company for confirmation. You might know Tools for Humanity better through its verification project known as World - and its related device, a creepy silver orb that wants to scan your eyeballs. The idea is that the company will be able to verify people's identities using unique iris scans, helping to distinguish human activity from bot activity in the increasingly automated world that Tools for Humanity co-founder and chairman Altman is constructing.
The company would also use these scans to validate people's identities to support the trade of its own cryptocurrency, Worldcoin. These vague, suspicious ambitions were enough to raise money at a $2.5 billion valuation from investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, and other funds backing blockchain companies. But now the company is reportedly downsizing as it struggles to create revenue.
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