Sam Altman's Eye-Scanning Company Tools for Humanity Reportedly Cuts Staff as OpenAI Files to Go Public

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As OpenAI moves toward an IPO, Sam Altman's separate identity-verification venture Tools for Humanity (the World/Worldcoin eye-scanning project) is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and is downsizing its staff. The juxtaposition highlights the gap between OpenAI's blockbuster trajectory and the weaker commercial traction of Altman's adjacent bets. It raises questions about the proof-of-personhood thesis as AI-generated content makes identity verification more urgent but no more profitable.