The eye-scanning ambitions of Sam Altman-cofounded startup Worldcoin have stalled in a number of countries just six months after an expanded international rollout.
People in France, India, and Brazil, will no longer be able to use the company’s signature orb eye-scanner after the startup pulled back from those markets, TechCrunch reported. In a statement emailed to Fortune, the Worldcoin Foundation said its activities in France and Brazil were limited-time previews, not long-term rollouts, and that in India "World App continues to experience broad adoption" and that "orb-verified proof of personhood services have been temporarily paused as the protocol works to develop and roll out a bespoke, safe and orderly process that sufficiently meets the demand."
