EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush offers an update on hiring plans, global expansion
October 11, 2016 | Bobby Burch
When your goal is to more than quadruple your company’s user base — from 450 million to 2 billion people — it usually entails a world of change.
And such is the case for Kansas City-based EyeVerify, a biometrics startup that recently sold to Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial for more than $100 million. Startland News spoke with EyeVerify CEO Toby Rush about what the sale means for the firm’s local operations and Kansas City as a whole. Check out the video below for more!
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