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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.
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
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Sources
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