We are moving from a majority of humans with a few bots to a majority of bots with a few humans. World ID is the layer that makes sure humans don't get drowned out. @tiagosada, @wangandy, and @tawandamahere (@worldcoin / @tfh_technology) join Stateful, hosted by @masonnystrom. In this episode, they discuss how World ID is redefining internet identity: - 40 million people onboarded, 18 million Orb-verified. Orb On Demand launching now - Agent Kit: your agent books flights, makes purchases, and acts on your behalf with a verified human in the loop - Why blocking all bots is the wrong answer and how World ID separates good agents from bad actors - World ID vs Face ID: one person with 1,000 phones fools Face ID. They cannot fool World ID - Anonymous by design: zero-knowledge proofs answer only one question. Are you a real and unique human? 01:00 Tiago Sada on Proof of Human in the Agent Age 05:40 Scaling to 40 Million Verified Humans 07:07 What Tiago Is Most Excited About Next 08:50 Andy Wang on World as the Identity Layer 10:00 Why Blocking All Bots is a Wrong Approach 13:02 Restaurant Reservations and Scalpers 17:00 Tawanda Mahere on What Partners Want 22:08 The Consumer Value of World ID 23:15 Agent Kit and Human-in-the-Loop Commerce 25:21 World ID vs Face ID 29:00 Orb On Demand and How to Get Verified Today

With Proof of Human, instead of trying to block bots, software becomes human-only by default. Then you decide what access to give agents. @tomocchino (CPO, @vercel ) joins Stateful, hosted by @masonnystrom In this episode, they discuss how Vercel is building the infrastructure layer for human-verified agents with @worldnetwork. - Vercel is now agentic infrastructure: deploy with agents, build agents, and a self-improving platform that fixes its own errors - Workflows does for backends what React did for front ends, composable and reusable in one line of code - CAPTCHAs are archaic. Human-only software by default is the new model. - World ID integration via Workflow SDK: one NPM package, one line of code - Humans as first-class citizens of the internet again 00:00 Vercel's Agentic Infrastructure 01:45 From Front-End Cloud to v0 03:15 Workflow SDK with React 05:30 World ID in One Line of Code 07:00 Beyond CAPTCHAs: Humans First

Sam Altman @sama joins @cosmo_jiang to discuss why proof of human is necessary in the age of AI. @masonnystrom also joins to share why Pantera invested in @worldnetwork. In this episode, they cover: - AI is advancing faster than Sam expected. The need for proof of human has never been stronger. - Agents need to move money. Agentic payments are one of Sam's most personally exciting use cases. - Proof of human as a substrate: driver's licenses, education, and employment credentials all appended to a verified human identity. - Targeted advertising is the first massive use case as AI agents flood the internet. - Advertisers will pay a premium for verified human impressions. - World has 18 million verified humans today with 4 billion smartphone users as the addressable market. 01:27 Sam Altman's Keynote at World’s Lift-Off Event 02:12 Why World Was Built 03:48 Blockchain x AI 04:08 World ID Use Cases 04:47 World's Founding Vision 05:10 World ID Trajectory 05:50 Why Pantera Invested in World 06:45 Sam Altman Saw This Coming 07:10 Proof of Human at Scale 10:12 The Value of Digital Identity 11:11 Agents Need a Human in the Loop 11:42 Scaling to Billions of Users 12:53 Enterprise Partnerships