# Ben Parr

> Ben Parr is an American journalist, author, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is the author of Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention, a book on the science and psychology of attention and how to capture the attention of others. He is the co-founder of Octane AI, a marketing automation and conversational marketing company for e-commerce, and a co-founder of artificial intelligence venture capital fund Theory Forge Ventures. In 2026, Meta Platforms acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network created by Parr's co-founder Matt Schlicht, and both joined Meta Superintelligence Labs. He was previously a venture capitalist, the co-editor and editor-at-large of Mashable, and a columnist and commentator for CNET.

*American journalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ben-parr

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1985
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ben Parr is an American journalist, author, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He is the author of Captivology: The Science of Capturing People's Attention, a book on the science and psychology of attention and how to capture the attention of others. He is the co-founder of Octane AI, a marketing automation and conversational marketing company for e-commerce, and a co-founder of artificial intelligence venture capital fund Theory Forge Ventures. In 2026, Meta Platforms acquired Moltbook, an AI agent social network created by Parr's co-founder Matt Schlicht, and both joined Meta Superintelligence Labs. He was previously a venture capitalist, the co-editor and editor-at-large of Mashable, and a columnist and commentator for CNET.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 38.2

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/benparr (@benparr)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4089127/ (@nm4089127)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.benparr.com/

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