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Alex Blania

Founder

Co-founder & CEO, Tools for Humanity at Worldcoin

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedWorldcoin

About

Blania studied theoretical physics as a master's student at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and worked as a researcher at Caltech before co-founding Tools for Humanity in 2020, where he serves as CEO. He is also a co-founder of Merge Labs.

Co-founder & CEO, Tools for Humanity at Worldcoin

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Worldcoin's investors · 12

1confirmationIncline Village468 CapitalBerlinAndreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksBain Capital CryptoSan FranciscoBlockchain CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $200K checksDigital Currency GroupNew YorkDistributed GlobalAustinFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksHashedSeoul · $1M – $37M checksHypersphere VenturesMiami BeachKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksValkyrieSunnyvale

Co-founders at Worldcoin

SASam Altman
Sam AltmanCo-founder & Chairman, Tools for Humanity
MNMax Novendstern
Max NovendsternCo-founder, Tools for Humanity

Experience

  1. Merge LabsCo-Foundercurrent2026 — present
  2. Tools for HumanityCEO & Co-Foundercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. WorldCo-Foundercurrent2020 — present
  4. CaltechResearcher2019 — 2020
  5. Max Planck Institute for the Science of LightMaster's Student, theoretical physics2018 — 2020Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany

Education

  1. FAU Erlangen-NürnbergB.Sc. Physics, B.Sc. Industrial engineering

Frequently asked questions

Where does Alex Blania work?
Alex Blania is Co-founder & CEO, Tools for Humanity at Worldcoin.
What companies did Alex Blania found?
Alex Blania founded Worldcoin.

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FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg mafia6

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Shared employers

Also worked at Merge Labs3

KatherineHealthcare Investment Lead at Hummingbird VenturesSean HogeFounder and General Partner at Starship VenturesKatherine JonesAssociate at re.Mind Capital

Also worked at Tools for Humanity5

Masami TakahashiGeneral Partner and Executive Chairman at Scrum VenturesSimeon GoolsbyFounder at NasdiscWafa TaftazaniFounder at UpBanxEnde ShenFounder at TegoreShashwat KapoorFounder at Mireye

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Also worked at Caltech70

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