# Anis Bennaceur

> Anis Bennaceur is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Attention, an AI revenue platform built from a problem he experienced while running his earlier company, Mixer: sales conversations contained useful information, but turning it into accurate CRM records and follow-up work was painfully manual. A repeat founder, former Tinder growth operator, self-taught coder and angel investor, Bennaceur has developed a public operating philosophy around customer conversations, product-market fit, careful hiring and software that takes action rather than merely recording activity.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Attention
- **Organizations:** Attention, Mixer, Tinder
- **Nationality:** French-Tunisian
- **Education:** Course of study not publicly specified, HEC Paris, Master in Business, ESCP Business School
- **Known for:** Co-founded two companies, Mixer and Attention., Built Attention with former competitor Matthias Wickenburg after identifying a shared sales-operations problem., Raised a $3.1 million seed round for Attention in 2023, a $14 million Series A in 2024 and a $30 million Series B in 2026.

## Career timeline

- **Childhood** — Began teaching himself to code at about age ten.
- **2013** — Worked on Tinder's early growth in France.
- **2010s-2021** — Co-founded and led Mixer, a professional network and job platform for creative industries; the experience exposed recurring enterprise-sales workflow problems.
- **2021-09** — Co-founded Attention with Matthias Wickenburg, a former startup competitor.
- **2022** — Placed an MVP with five design partners; after early coaching concepts struggled, the team concentrated on call transcription and CRM automation.
- **2023-01** — Attention emerged from stealth and announced a $3.1 million seed round led by Eniac Ventures.
- **2024-10** — Attention announced a $14 million Series A led by Alven.
- **2025** — Public interviews described Attention as serving hundreds of clients and nearing eight figures in annual revenue.
- **2026-05** — Spoke at SaaStr AI Annual about deploying AI revenue-operations agents.
- **2026-06** — Announced a $30 million Series B led by RTP Global, with returning and new investors.

## Achievements

- Co-founded two companies, Mixer and Attention.
- Built Attention with former competitor Matthias Wickenburg after identifying a shared sales-operations problem.
- Raised a $3.1 million seed round for Attention in 2023, a $14 million Series A in 2024 and a $30 million Series B in 2026.
- Reported more than 20 million Attention agent actions per month and fourfold revenue growth over the year preceding the June 2026 Series B announcement.
- Hosts Attention's Pay Attention podcast about sales, growth and product leadership.
- Writes publicly about product-market fit, growth experiments, founding and sales operations.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — A Managers interview described Bennaceur's focus on building Attention first as a major US company before wider international expansion.
- **2026-06** — Attention announced a $30 million Series B led by RTP Global; the company said it was running more than 20 million agent actions per month and had grown revenue fourfold over the prior year.
- **2026-05** — Bennaceur appeared at SaaStr AI Annual in a session on deploying AI revenue-operations agents.
- **2025-07** — Appeared on the Zero to One podcast to discuss his path from early coding and Tinder to Mixer and Attention.
- **2025-07** — The AI & Software Report published an interview about Attention's shift from capturing sales conversations to routing structured insights and post-call actions.

## Links

- Website: https://www.anis.nyc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anis-bennaceur/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/anisbennaceur1
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abennaceur/

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Last updated: 2026-08-28