Sam Altman's World startup raises $52.5M through cryptocurrency sale

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World, a biometric startup co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has raised $52.5 million through a cryptocurrency token sale. The company's core technology involves scanning individuals' irises to generate unique digital identifiers. This funding round marks a fresh capital injection for the project, which aims to build a global identity verification network. World's approach of linking biometric data to digital credentials has attracted both investor interest and public scrutiny.

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