From Army Green Beret to crypto CEO and a16z deal partner? It's not as unusual as you might think. Alex Pruden, now CEO of the Aleo Foundation, recognized a connection between terrorism, economic inequality, and the lack of secure digital identity while serving on three different battlefields. In this episode, he shares how his experiences led him from the military to the world of venture capital at a16z, and ultimately to zero-knowledge cryptography, exploring how this technology can help address some of the most fundamental but poorly understood human rights: privacy and digital identity.