tech
April 18, 2026
Sam Altman's "proof of human" company pushes into mainstream services
The company known for its iris-scanning identity verification technology is partnering with Tinder, Zoom and more.
TL;DR
- World, co-founded by Sam Altman, is expanding its identity verification system, World ID, with new integrations.
- Integrations include partnerships with Zoom, DocuSign, Tinder, Okta, Shopify, and VanEck.
- The move is driven by the increasing need to distinguish real humans from AI agents online.
- World has open-sourced its World ID protocol and launched a standalone app for user credentials.
- World ID offers tiered verification methods: selfie, government ID, or in-person iris scan via 'orbs'.
- Zoom plans to use World ID for call participant verification and deepfake prevention.
- DocuSign is testing it for digital signature authenticity.
- Tinder is expanding a pilot to verify real people behind profiles.
- Approximately 17.9 million people have signed up for World ID globally.
- Analysts have raised security and governance concerns regarding the program.
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