Tools for Humanity

Tools for Humanity, founded in 2019, is a technology company that builds hardware and software for global digital identity verification within the Worldcoin ecosystem. Its stated purpose is to let people prove they are real humans without surrendering personal information - a problem it frames as increasingly urgent as artificial intelligence proliferates. The company employs more than 500 people and operates from dual headquarters in San Francisco and Munich.

Its principal products are the Orb, a biometric imaging device that verifies identity through iris scanning while preserving privacy; World ID, the digital identity system behind it; and World App, an application for accessing identity verification services. Verification technology has been deployed in 160 countries and serves millions of users.

The technical work spans biometric imaging, iris scanning, privacy-preserving technology, hardware engineering, software development, AI infrastructure and cryptocurrency systems. The workforce is interdisciplinary, bringing together scientists, engineers, economists and creatives, and the company describes its mission as establishing a more just economic system and building for humans in the age of AI.