March 25, 2025
Sam Altman Gets Involved
The news follows previous reports that the project had been negotiating partnerships with PayPal and OpenAI, especially given the fact that OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman, is in charge of World Network.
Source: X (@raincards)
If successful, the integration would allow World Wallet to leverage Visa’s global merchant network, enabling fiat on-and-off ramps, stablecoin payments, and fintech services.
Unique Biometric IDs
Altman’s Tools for Humanity has reached out to card issuers and is working with crypto card providers like Rain, which offers Visa cards for projects like Optimism and Avalanche. Rain recently raised $24.5 million in a funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners and others.
World Network builds on Worldcoin’s iris-scanning tech, creating unique biometric IDs for secure, identity-linked financial services. The company also launched the World Chat app on March 7th for encrypted communication among verified users.
