OpenAI CEO Sam Altman secures nearly $100M for Worldcoin crypto project.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has raised nearly $100 million for Worldcoin, a global cryptocurrency that offers free crypto in exchange for a scan of users' eyeballs using the Orb, a camera that takes photos of people's irises and turns the image into a hash code. The funds will be used to advance Worldcoin's proof-of-personhood verification, which is still in beta. The investment was made at a $1 billion valuation, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Coinbase, Day One Ventures, and Variant Fund's Jesse Walden. Among Worldcoin's angel investors are Sam Bankman-Fried and Reid Hoffman.