Saturnin Pugnet, Angel Investor

Saturnin Pugnet is a technologist and investor best known as part of the founding team at Tools for Humanity, the company behind Worldcoin. Since 2020, he has helped develop core technologies supporting the project’s mission to build a globally inclusive digital identity and financial network powered by blockchain and biometric innovation. Before co-founding Tools for Humanity, Pugnet worked as a software engineer at Amazon within the Alexa organization, where he focused on advancing AI-driven personal assistant systems. Earlier, he contributed to engineering teams at TransferWise (now Wise) and Amazon’s development arm in London, honing his experience in large-scale distributed systems and consumer technology. Pugnet has also invested in over twenty emerging technology startups, including Machina Labs, AstroForge, and Spaceium. His portfolio reflects a strong interest in frontier fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and space technology — areas at the intersection of science and scalable innovation.