Alex Blania

Alex is the CEO and Co-Foundercofounder of Tools for Humanity, a global software and hardware development company developing the tools to bring blockchain and digital identity technologies and products to people. He is also a Co-Foundercofounder of the Worldcoin protocol, alongside Sam Altman and Max Novendstern.

Alex studied Physicsphysics and Computercomputer Sciencescience at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, in Germany. He was also a visiting student researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Alex leads strategy, development, and technology execution at Worldcoin.

Worldcoin utilizes a concept termed “proof of personhood”personhood,” wherein which users verify their personhood in the Worldcoin ecosystem to participate in its financial network. Alex led the development of Worldcoin’s biometric imaging device, called the Orb. The Orb scans an individual's eyes and generates an identification code based on the structure of the irises.

Alex is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tools for Humanity, a global software and hardware development company developing the tools to bring blockchain and digital identity technologies and products to people. He is also a Co-Founder of the Worldcoin protocol, alongside Sam Altman and Max Novendstern.

Alex studied Physics and Computer Science at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, in Germany. He was also a visiting student researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Alex leads strategy, development, and technology execution at Worldcoin.

Worldcoin utilizes a concept termed “proof of personhood”, where users verify their personhood in the Worldcoin ecosystem to participate in its financial network. Alex led the development of Worldcoin’s biometric imaging device, called the Orb. The Orb scans an individual's eyes and generates an identification code based on the structure of the irises.