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    Alex Blania

    CEO of Tools for Humanity and CEO of World

    CEO and co-founder, Tools for Humanity · CEO and co-founder, World · Co-founder, Merge Labs

    Background

    Alex Blania is an entrepreneur and technology executive based in San Francisco.

    He is the CEO of Tools for Humanity, which he co-founded, and a co-founder of World, where he is also CEO.

    He is also a co-founder of Merge Labs, an AI company, with Sam Altman and others.

    Organizations

    Tools for Humanity: Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI. Alex Blania and Sam Altman founded it in 2019.

    World: World, also called World Network, is a humanity verification project and financial network. It runs World ID, which confirms that someone is a unique human, and World App.

    Key facts

    Current roles
    CEO of Tools for Humanity, a technology company he co-founded; co-founder of World, where he is also CEOsource
    Founded Tools for Humanity
    Co-founded in 2019 by Sam Altman, Alex Blania and Max Novendsternsource
    TIME list
    Named to the TIME list of the most 100 influential people in AI in August 2025source
    Merge Labs
    Co-founder of Merge Labs together with Sam Altman and otherssource

    WYDE coverage of Alex Blania

    WYDE Newsroom has published 3 articles about Alex Blania, from Sep 18, 2026 to Sep 19, 2026. Alex Blania is a founder in 2 stories and a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is The Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals..

    WYDE Weekly

    The Creator Economy Crossed $1 Billion, the CLARITY Act Died in the Senate, and Everyday Money Kept Ending Hunger. Over 70,600 Meals.

    MrBeast's next video cost $10 million and the top creators crossed $1 billion, the CLARITY Act failed 49 to 50, tokenized Treasuries opened to 35 million accounts, and creators and restaurants can now get paid to end hunger with the EAT Card.

    Sep 19, 2026 · 7 min read · Founder

    Crypto & DeFi

    World Launches World Money, a Self-Custodial Stablecoin App Reaching More Than 150 Countries

    The super app from Sam Altman and Alex Blania's Tools for Humanity lets users hold stablecoins in eight currencies, fund from Apple Pay through Stripe, and connects to Kalshi and Morpho, with World ID verification built in.

    Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Founder

    Crypto & DeFi

    World Launches World Money, a Self-Custodial Stablecoin Super App, Across 150 Countries

    World Money is a self-custodial stablecoin super app from Sam Altman and Alex Blania's World, launching across 150-plus countries with Stripe and Apple Pay on-ramps, Morpho yield, and World ID identity built into the payment rail.

    Sep 18, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Reported alongside Alex Blania

    Sources

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