Ben Parr Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

San Francisco, California, US

Octane AI is the AI and zero-party data platform for ecommerce brands. Our mission is to democratize AI for all and empower entrepreneurs in the process. Shopify elected Octane AI as its Best Storefront App in 2021. Octane AI powers AI-enabled quizzes and surveys for thousands of merchants and brands, helps them personalize marketing channels like email.

San Francisco, California, US

Co-founded Octane AI in 2016 with my co-founders Matt and Leif. Our mission is to help brands and customers build real relationships through AI-enabled conversations. Our first product was the easiest platform to build Facebook Messenger chatbots, Since then, we have grown into the AI and zero-party data marketing platform for Shopify and ecommerce brands..

Milwaukie, Oregon, US

In 2020, the not-for-profit arm of Samasource renamed itself the Leila Janah Foundation, in honor of its late founder and visionary, Leila Janah. I serve as a Board Member of the Foundation to further her legacy of Giving Work.Leila believed that Giving Work was a far more powerful tool to eradicating poverty than giving aid, as it creates a permanent.

First check (with my partner Matt Schlicht) in a $3.1m pre-seed round, joined by Boost VC, Coinbase, Visa, Untapped and Spartan Group.Payman is a platform that lets AIs hire humans. Example: Imagine you had an AI that monitored your market for trends and then automatically hired someone to write a blog post.Soon, AI agents and humans will work together on.

San Francisco, US

Wordware (YC S24) is an IDE for building AI agents and apps using natural language. It allows you to build AI apps 20x faster than you normally could, and you don't even have to be technical to use it!When Matt Schlicht and I first tried Wordware and met founder Filip and Robert, it was clear that this company and product were DIFFERENT. Wordware is SO.

Vancouver, British Columbia, CA

Thrilled to be an investor with my co-founder Matt Schlicht!b Gumloop is making it easy for anyone to build powerful AI workflows -- no AI expertise or coding needed.Matt and I invested because Gumloop is hands down the easiest-to-use tool we've ever found for building AI automation and workflows. The founders are just as impressive.The round was led by.

San Francisco, CA, US

A book on the science and psychology of attention; why we pay attention to certain people, products, companies and ideas; and how to capture, maintain, and grow attention. Analyzed over 1,000 research studies in psychology, neurology, communications, and economics, and interviewed dozens of thought leaders including Sheryl Sandberg, Steven Soderbergh, and.

Ottawa, ON, CA

Named by Shopify as one of its first ten Developer Champions! We explain the virtues of building on top of the Shopify platform and spread the word about the MANY new innovations and features Shopify is launching. Shopify's Developer Champions include the creators/developers of some of Shopify's most popular apps.

San Francisco, CA, US

Alexandria, VA, US

I speak on artificial intelligence, silicon valley, the psychology of marketing and attention, and the future of entrepreneurship to audiences large and small. Expect fireworks and confetti (literally)! Direct booking: Bill Hart -- bhart@wwsg.comSpeaker profiles:www.benparr.com/speakinghttp://www.wwsg.com/speakers/ben-parr

The Internet, US

A happy investor in Weekend Fund since Fund I. Led by Ryan Hoover and Vedika Jain. Investors in Deel, Intercom and Magic.

SF Bay Area / NYC / Remote, US

Investor in Superlayer, a crypto-focused studio and fund backed by Marc Andreessen, Paris Hilton, Chris Dixon, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jeff Clavier, Siqi Chen, Joe Montana and more.

New York, US

I have been advising Aug X Labs, an incredible A.I. product and technology that transforms prompts (including audio) into beautiful, amazing videos using A.I. to build the whole thing. Think of it like Jasper.ai for video. Led by former WarnerMedia VP of Product Jeremy Toeman, Aug X just came out of stealth and announced their oversubscribed pre-seed.

World Chef is a next-generation culinary streaming platform for foodies, where you can cook alongside the world's top chefs and get deliveries of the ingredients for their most famous dishes so you can prepare meals with them! World Chef connects Celebrity Chefs with their fans through content, commerce and a community of food lovers. I've known the.

San Francisco, CA, US

Samasource specializes in providing data solutions like artificial intelligence annotation, data verification and content moderation. We harness the power of the digital economy to lift people out of poverty by providing work that pays a living wage in places with high rates of unemployment in Kenya, Uganda, and other regions of the world. We call that.

New York, New York, US

I write about business, technology, media, and entrepreneurship. Check out my column at http://inc.com/author/ben-parr.

New York, US

The Ascent Fellowship, led by former World Economic Forum and Spencer Stuart COO Kevin Steinberg and founded by former WEF executives, is a cohort-based program that brings together carefully-selected executive peers for a nine month engagement focused on understanding how industry, technology and societal disruptions will affect them and their.

Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, DE

I advise Europe's largest airline on growth, marketing and startups as a member of Lufthansa's innovation advisory board and innovation hub.

San Francisco, California, US

Advised LeadIQ (raised at a $200m valuation in October 2021) on marketing, PR and fundraising.

I advised Ustream and its CEO on marketing and media strategy. Acquired in 2016 by IBM.

San Francisco, CA, US

Started a column at CNET calledThe Social Analyst. Analyzed the key companies, trends and players powering the tech and social media universe, from the smallest startups to tech giants.

New York, NY, US

Opened Mashable's Silicon Valley office, co-managed Mashable's editorial team, and helped grow the company from 5 million to 50 million page views and from <10 to 50+ employees.Wrote more than 2,400 articles, interviewed everyone from Ashton Kutcher to Mark Zuckerberg, and built extensive networks in technology, entertainment, and media.

New York, NY, US

Oversaw and developed west coast and Silicon Valley editorial.

New York, NY, US

Brought everything social media, web, and startup-related to the masses.

New York, NY, US

Wrote analysis articles on social media, Internet trends, and entrepreneurship.

Deerfield, IL, US

I oversaw Veritas Health's doctor-written health content, its web growth strategy, and helped implement new features. I was part product manager, part project manager, part designer and part engineer.

Evanston, IL, US

Assisted freshmen residents of university housing as a mentor, disciplinary, advisor, and friend.

Washington, DC, US

Intern for retired Congressman Jerry Weller. Conducted legislative research, constituent management and service, giving tours, administrative duties, and learning from the D.C. culture.

Santa Barbara, CA, US

Joined UCSB's Research Mentorship Program between my sophomore and junior year of high school. Assisted in the development of a musical artificial intelligence that could compose harmonic music automatically.Cool fact: If you search the UCSB library, you will find the thesis paper I wrote on the project.