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Tools for Humanity

World ID, Orb iris scanner, World Chain

US/DEprivateest. 2019toolsforhumanity.com (opens toolsforhumanity.com)Checked 25 Sep

The brief

Analyst view
  • About 17.8M people had been verified by an Orb by Feb 2026.
  • Launched in the US in April 2025 after Kenya, Spain and others paused or limited iris scanning.
  • Iris codes are split into encrypted shares held by different parties, so no single database holds them.
Programs

Tools for Humanity, one program

Updated 5 May 2025
World ID and the OrbThe Orb photographs your iris to check you haven't signed up before. You then hold a World ID and prove you're human with ZK proofs, without saying who you are.ScalingNextScale verification toward hundreds of millions of usersUpdated 5 May 2025View program →
Research · Proto · Pilot · Deploy · Scaling

Company & funding

HQ
US/DE
Founded
2019

People

Key people
  • Alex BlaniaCo-founder & CEO
  • Sam AltmanCo-founder & Chairman
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