Worldcoin, Now Valued at $1B, Has Grand Plans to Get You to Gaze Into the Orb

Worldcoin, Now Valued at B, Has Grand Plans to Get You to Gaze Into the Orb
Would you let a chrome, volleyball-sized sphere scan your retinas in exchange for crypto?That’s the interesting – and controversial – premise behind Worldcoin, a new project co-founded by former Y Combinator President Sam Altman.Depending on whom you ask, Worldcoin’s plan might sound futuristic and cool, a little silly, or like a dystopian nightmare ripped from science fiction. When news of the project leaked to Bloomberg in June, the media response was critical.Silicon Valley, however, is excited about the project.Worldcoin announced Thursday it raised $25 million from investors including Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group (the parent company of…