Reflecting on 2024: Highlights from SpruceID’s Year

As we wrap up 2024, our team is filled with gratitude and excitement for all the hard work we've done this year. It’s been a time of meaningful progress, growth, and significant contributions to the future of digital identity.

This year, SpruceID continued to build innovative solutions and strengthen partnerships across industries and at events and initiatives around the globe. Together with our community, we’ve achieved milestones that pave the way for a more privacy-focused and user-controlled digital world.

Let’s take a moment to celebrate some of the defining moments of the last year.

Our Team

This year, we welcomed new talent to our global team, bringing a wealth of expertise across engineering, product development, and design. While staying lean and agile, our team’s dedication and creativity have driven impactful solutions and positioned us to meet the demands of a fast-evolving industry.

As a remote-first company, we understand the value of coming together in person to strengthen our connections and align on our company mission. Twice a year, we host offsite retreats, which are essential for collaboration, strategic alignment, and connecting outside of work projects. In 2024, these gatherings took us to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Montreal, Quebec—creating unforgettable experiences and building the foundation for the year ahead.

Interested in joining our awesome team? Check out our open roles here.

Events and Hackathons

This year, SpruceID participated in events and hackathons, showcasing our digital identity solutions and advancing privacy-first verifiable digital credential innovation. A few notable events included:

• Facilitating CA DMV Hackathons: This year, we played a key role in facilitating the CA DMV hackathons, fostering collaboration among developers, government, and public sector organizations to promote the adoption of mobile driver's licenses (mDLs) through hands-on tooling, troubleshooting, and building out new use cases.
• Utah's Outdoor Recreation Day on the Hill: We showcased our verifiable digital credential pilot program in partnership with Utah’s Division of Technology Services and Department of Natural Resources. We demonstrated privacy-first, verifiable credentials for off-highway vehicle certificates while engaging with policymakers, legislators, and the public.
• Internet Identity Workshop: At IIW (Internet Identity Workshop), SpruceID contributed to discussions on key digital identity topics like personhood credentials and Zero-Knowledge Proofs while engaging in collaborative efforts with global leaders to discuss everything from theoretical frameworks to real-world implementations, and driving privacy-first innovation.
• Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP) Demo Week: At SVIP Demo Week, we showcased our cutting-edge digital identity solutions, highlighting advancements in privacy-preserving credentials and how we are working with the Department of Homeland Security to bring privacy and security to cross-border credentials.
• American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA) Conferences: In 2024, SpruceID sponsored multiple AAMVA conferences, supporting advancements in secure, interoperable, verifiable digital credentials for motor vehicle administrations and law enforcement agencies.

Verifiable Digital Credentials in U.S. Government

Our products continue to drive innovation in digital identity for customers like the California DMV, Utah's Division of Technology Services, and the Department of Homeland Security. They offer cutting-edge solutions for verifiable digital credential management and empower organizations and developers to build secure, user-centric systems.

Utah's Division of Technology Services

In partnership with Utah’s Division of Technology Services, SpruceID introduced verifiable digital credentials across the state of Utah to replace paper and plastic permits, such as off-highway vehicle certificates and food handler permits. This initiative has enhanced security, improved user experience, and empowered residents with privacy-preserving digital credentials. Read the full story to learn more about our work with Utah.

California DMV

Throughout this year, we have continued our work with the California DMV, we helped implement and expand the state’s award-winning mobile driver’s license program, which prioritizes privacy, security, and interoperability. This program enables millions of Californians to securely use their credentials online and offline for travel and identity verification, and currently has a 4.8 star rating across 60K app reviews on both the Google Play and App store.

Department of Homeland Security

Through the Silicon Valley Innovation Program, we are collaborating with DHS to develop privacy-preserving digital credentials for cross-border travel and immigration. This initiative enhances security and interoperability while ensuring users maintain control over their personal data.

Standards and Working Groups

A key milestone this year was the release of ISO/IEC18013-7, a standard enabling remote use of mobile driver's licenses (mDLs) for digital identity verification. This standard supports secure online identity proofing and onboarding, ensuring interoperability and flexibility across diverse systems and simplifying digital identity verification for users.

Additionally, SpruceID collaborated with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST on initiatives to strengthen the adoption of open standards for verifiable credentials. By contributing to frameworks and best practices, we are working to ensure digital identity solutions remain secure, interoperable, and privacy-preserving, aligning with industry needs and advancing the adoption of trustworthy identity systems.

We're looking forward to seeing more innovative use cases using these standards in the upcoming year.

Here’s to Another Year!

This year has been one of incredible growth, innovation, and impact for SpruceID. As we reflect on everything we’ve accomplished, we’re more committed than ever to empowering individuals to take control of their identity and personal data in today’s digital world.

Each milestone we’ve reached has strengthened our ability to create trusted, privacy-first digital experiences. We’re excited to carry this momentum into 2025, shaping the future of digital identity together and seeing what new opportunities will be in store.

About SpruceID: SpruceID is building a future where users control their identity and data across all digital interactions.