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Pantera Capital Leads $52.5 Million World Foundation Raise as AI Identity Race Accelerates

World Foundation raised $52.5 million through a locked sale of its WLD token, funding to expand World ID verification tools as artificial intelligence agents and deepfakes spread across the internet. The nonprofit behind the World protocol, backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, announced the new raise on July 24, 2026, three years to the day […]

Bitcoin.com NewsBitcoin.com NewsJamie Redman27 Jul

Sam Altman’s World Foundation Pulls $52.5M as Pantera Backs Global World ID Expansion

World Foundation raised $52.5 million in a strategic WLD token sale led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, and Susquehanna Crypto. Strategic Investor Backing World Foundation announced July 24 that it has raised $52.5 million in an initial funding round through a strategic sale of its native WLD […]

Bitcoin.com NewsBitcoin.com NewsTerence Zimwara25 Jul

World Turns Three: Sam Altman-Backed Project Launches Phase 3 to Drive Real-World Utility

The new phase of World’s “Simple Plan” encompasses taking its proof of human functionality to apps, leveraging the ID functionality for use cases involving enterprise and consumer apps, and introducing agentic World ID for human-delegated agentic activity. Sam Altman’s World Reaches Third Phase of Expansion World, the controversial Sam Altman-backed biometric proof of human initiative, […]

Bitcoin.com NewsBitcoin.com NewsSergio Goschenko24 Jul