World Network (WLD) – Milestones
Key milestones and important events in World Network (WLD)'s history.
Showing 18 milestones for World Network (WLD)
World ID for Zoom and banking suite launch
World announced the banking and finance suite and made World ID for Zoom available through Zoom Marketplace for enterprise customers.
world.org/blog/product/world-id-banking-finance-ai-safeWorld ID app launches
World introduced its identity wallet for managing and presenting Proof of Human, Presence, and Attributes across 150+ countries.
world.org/blog/world/world-id-app-identity-wallet-age-of-aiWorld Money rollout begins
World began rolling out its self-custody financial app across more than 150 countries, with feature availability varying by location.
world.org/blog/announcements/world-moneyWorld Foundation raises $52.5 million
The Foundation announced an initial close of $52.5 million through a WLD token sale with a 12-month lockup to expand World ID infrastructure.
www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260723247977/en/World-Foundation-Raises-%2452.5-Million-to-Expand-Its-World-ID-Infrastructure-as-AI-Transforms-the-InternetWorld outlines Phase 3 strategic shift
The World Foundation described a shift toward utility-driven growth through consumer, enterprise, and AI-agent integrations.
world.org/blog/foundational-topics/thesimpleplanAgentKit beta announced
World announced a limited developer beta with Coinbase, extending World ID proofs to AI agents through an x402 v2 integration.
world.org/blog/announcements/now-available-agentkit-proof-of-human-for-the-agentic-webAEPD issues preventive warning over planned Orb processing
Spain’s data-protection authority warned that planned resumed biometric processing might infringe GDPR requirements.
www.aepd.es/documento/ai-00061-2026-advertencia.pdfWorld ID 4.0 protocol proposal published
World published a request for comments describing World ID 4.0’s account registry, multiple authenticators, recovery, and one-time-use nullifiers.
world.org/blog/engineering/introducing-world-id-4.0World raises $135 million through WLD token sale
World Assets sold $135 million in WLD at market prices to Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Crypto to support network expansion.
world.org/blog/announcements/world-raises-135mKenya High Court judgment on biometric data collection
The High Court issued orders prohibiting specified unlawful biometric-data processing and requiring erasure of data collected from Kenyan data subjects.
new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/kehc/2025/5629/eng%402025-05-05World rebrand and World Chain mainnet launch
Worldcoin introduced the World Network name as World Chain went live on mainnet.
world.org/blog/announcements/hello-world-5-key-announcements-from-new-world-event-san-franciscoWorld Chain Developer Preview Launch
The World Foundation announced the World Chain developer preview for developers to explore and test before mainnet launch.
world.org/blog/announcements/worldcoin-foundation-launches-world-chain-developer-previewWorldcoin production launch and WLD release
Worldcoin entered production, launched the World ID SDK, and released WLD for eligible participants.
world.org/blog/announcements/worldcoin-project-launchesSeries C Funding Round
In May 2023, $115 million was raised in a Series C funding round
www.coindesk.com/business/2023/05/25/sam-altmans-crypto-project-worldcoin-raises-115m-led-by-blockchain-capital/Series B Funding Round
On March 23, 2022, $100 Million was in an initial coin offering by Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures
www.crunchbase.com/organization/worldcoin/company_financialsSeries A Funding Round
On October 21, 2021, the Worldcoin project raised an initial $25 Million in a Series A funding
www.crunchbase.com/organization/worldcoin/company_financialsWorld project founding
World’s founders began developing the identity and financial network; the project dates its founding to 2019.
whitepaper.world.org/designing-for-scale