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Dec 5, 2025 · Industry Insights

Sam Altman's Billion‑User Identity Goal Hits 2% as Global Regulators Push Back

Sam Altman and Alex Blania's Worldcoin project, which aims to create a global human‑identity infrastructure with iris‑scanning Orb devices, has attracted only about 1.75 million verified users—roughly 2% of its billion‑user target—while facing regulatory bans in the Philippines and scrutiny in multiple other countries over privacy and data‑handling concerns.