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While OpenAI moves toward a potential IPO, Sam Altman's biometric identity firm, Tools for Humanity, is facing significant headwinds including reported layoffs and revenue struggles. The company's reliance on controversial iris scanning for identity verification has triggered regulatory bans and fines in multiple jurisdictions, highlighting the friction between ambitious biometric scaling and global privacy compliance. For the tech sector, this underscores the high risk associated with deploying invasive biometric solutions without robust, cross-border regulatory frameworks.
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As OpenAI files for IPO, Sam Altman’s eye-scanning company is doing layoffs, report says

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Tools for Humanity, Sam Altman's identify verification company, is reportedly struggling to generate revenue and will downsize its staff.

OpenAI announced on Monday that it confidentially filed for an IPO, marking what could become the one of the defining public offerings of the decade. And then there’s OpenAI…

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