Alex Blania

Alex is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tools for Humanity, the technology company building tools for the Worldcoin project. He is a Co-Founder of the Worldcoin protocol with Sam Altman and Max Novendstern. Alex is responsible for leading strategy, development, and execution of the technology and tools enabling Worldcoin to ensure everyone benefitsfairly from the opportunities AI presents. Worldcoin is building the world’s largest identity and financial network as a public utility, giving ownership to everyone. The protocol is proving humanness and uniqueness in the age of AI and is creating a future where everyone, regardless of their race, geography, or economic status can fully participate in the global economy. Alex led the development of Worldcoin’s custom, privacy-protecting biometric imaging device, the Orb, which has verified humanness and uniqueness of 2 million individuals worldwide; World ID, which is a first-of-its-kind decentralized, privacy-preserving identity protocol; and World App, which is one of the fastest-growing and most accessible self-custodial wallets in the world. Alex holds degrees in Industrial Engineering and Physics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany and studied physics at Caltech before dedicating his full time and attention to supporting Worldcoin. You can follow and interact with him on Twitter @alexblania.