Worldcoin

product on 9 shows · 9 statements across 8 episodes · said 44 times in 22 episodes since 2022

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a16z Assertion Partly supported
Yahya: Worldcoin orb never transmits raw biometric data off-device
“In fact, like, the data itself never leaves the orb, and only a code or a cryptographic object that is derived from the biometric data ever leaves the orb, and from that cryptographic object that is not possible to infer anything about the biometric data itsel…”
Ali Yahya Jul 9, 2025 ▶ 25:03 Crypto Experts Explain Stablecoins & the Future Financial System w/ Ali Yahya & Arianna Simpson
Lessin: Sam Altman Sells Worldcoin as a Fix for His Fake Content
“Well, same moment, I think is thematically correct and just annoying, but like, I think it's like, it's one of those things where you're like, okay, I'm a simultaneously going to massively accelerate the problem of fake things on the internet. And then also at…”
Sam Lessin May 30, 2025 ▶ 22:28 #101: The Business of OnlyFans, Future of Identity, and Navigating Privacy in the AI Age · More or Less Podcast
a16z Assertion Contradicted
Horowitz: Half the population of Buenos Aires uses Worldcoin
“Half the people in Buenos Aires use them.”
Ben Horowitz Nov 12, 2024 ▶ 31:00 Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startups
a16z Disclosure
Horowitz: Worldcoin launched globally except in the U.S. due to regulations
“And they have launched their product everywhere in the world except the United States, because the United States of these, of this behavior and these laws”
Ben Horowitz Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 33:25 Trump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy
a16z Assertion Contradicted
Horowitz: Half of Buenos Aires residents frequently use Worldcoin
“It's something that half of the citizens of Buenos Aires use on a frequent basis, so, like, it's a really great, useful, important product that, you know, can make everybody's lives better, and we've just outlawed it in the United States, and it is you know, j…”
Ben Horowitz Jul 16, 2024 ▶ 33:42 Trump Vs. Biden: Tech Policy
SOURCERY Disclosure
Weisburd: 10X Capital invested very early in Sam Altman's Worldcoin
“We're very proud to be in the first round, I believe, or very early in WorldCoin, one of his other AI companies.”
David Weisburd Mar 8, 2024 ▶ 18:23 David Weisburd, 10X Capital: Finding Alpha and LP Bias · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
a16z Disclosure
Horowitz: Worldcoin is unable to list on exchanges in the United States
“We have an investment in a company called world coin, which is like a very kind of topical relevant technology because it's proof of human. They can do a zero knowledge proof that proves you're a human being and not an AI bot. But the one country that they can…”
Ben Horowitz Feb 28, 2024 ▶ 1:09:08 Future of Crypto, Blockchain & Web3 w/ Chris Dixon
MORE OR LESS Assertion Supported
Lessin: Sam Altman Pursues Major Outside Projects Beyond OpenAI
“Sam Altman doesn't just lead OpenAI. He runs or, you know, is, is hugely involved in Helios, a big nuclear project, in WorldCoin, big crypto project, He is one of the most prolific investors in Silicon Valley, and he was pursuing two side projects in recent mo…”
Jessica Lessin Nov 22, 2023 ▶ 36:54 #24: Sam Altman - Religious Cult Leader or CEO? · More or Less Podcast
Haidt: humanID and Worldcoin could work for social media authentication
“Human ID.org and world coin, those are two that would work for level two authentication.”
Jonathan Haidt Jul 21, 2022 ▶ 34:57 Jonathan Haidt: Why Social Media Makes Our Society Stupid

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