Overview
- In a January all-hands, CEO Alex Blania told staff that anything other than the company’s mission should not matter and that those who disagreed should leave.
- Internal ‘team values’ displayed in the San Francisco office urged working weekends, rejected slowness and comfort, and said there is no place for ideology or politics.
- Blania outlined goals to deploy 3,000 more Orbs to reach 30 million verifications by quarter’s end and 100 million by year-end, with a longer-term aim of one billion users.
- Previous Business Insider reporting put verified users at roughly 17.5 million, underscoring a significant gap between public targets and current scale.
- Leaders encouraged broader use of external AI tools, negotiating access to ChatGPT Enterprise and preparing Gemini Enterprise for staff, as the company faces regulatory scrutiny in countries including Spain, India, and Indonesia.