Tools for Humanity

Tools for Humanity is a technology company that builds products for World, formerly Worldcoin, a network meant to let people prove they are a unique human online without revealing who they are. It describes itself as building for humans in the age of AI and has offices in San Francisco and Munich.^{Source [1]Source [2]}

Its products include the Orb, an iris-scanning device that issues World ID credentials, the World App and World Money self-custody wallets, and World Chain, an Ethereum layer 2 network. The independent World Foundation stewards the protocol and its WLD token, while Tools for Humanity develops software and manufactures hardware.^{Source [2]Source [3]Source [4]}

The protocol launched in July 2023, was renamed World in October 2024 and launched in the United States in 2025. In April 2025 the project reported 26 million sign-ups and 12 million verified users. Data-protection authorities in several countries, including Kenya and EU states, have investigated or suspended its operations.^{Source [2]Source [3]Source [5]Source [6]}

Founded in 2019 by Alex Blania, who is CEO, Sam Altman, who is chairman, and Max Novendstern. It developed the Worldcoin project, which uses a device called the Orb to verify that a user is a unique human, launched the protocol in July 2023 and renamed it World in October 2024. Governments including Kenya and several in the EU have investigated or suspended the project over privacy, security and financial concerns; the company is still active and launched World Money in September 2026.^{Source [1]Source [2]Source [3]Source [4]}