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- Sam Altman is close to raising $100 million for Worldcoin, according to the Financial Times.
- The start-up wants to give people cryptocurrency in exchange for scans of their eyes.
- Altman is also CEO of OpenAI, the company behind the intelligent language tool ChatGPT.
OpenAI boss Sam Altman is close to raising around $100 million in funding for his Worldcoin crypto project, according to a report.
Worldcoin is in advanced talks to raise the cash from both new and existing investors ahead of a potential launch within the next few weeks, the Financial Times said Sunday, citing three people with knowledge of the deal.