Sam Altman-backed World Network secures $52.5 million in fresh funding to fight online AI deepfakes
The project is moving away from basic network expansion to focus entirely on integrating its biometric screening devices across enterprise software suites.
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Summary
- World, the Sam Altman-backed digital identity project, raised $52.5 million in a locked token sale led by Pantera Capital to expand its AI-era digital verification infrastructure.
- The nonprofit steward plans to use the new capital to integrate its Orb-based “proof of human” identity technology across enterprise platforms and AI agents as concerns over bots and deepfakes grow.
- More than 39 million people have joined the World Network, with over 18 million verified by an Orb and more than 475 million World ID proofs issued as the project shifts from building the network to scaling its utility.
