# Ben Mones

> Ben Mones is the Los Angeles founder and CEO of Fama Technologies, an enterprise software company that analyzes publicly available online activity for job-relevant misconduct signals. After an early hiring mistake exposed the limits of a polished résumé, he entered a then-nascent category, launched Fama through Amplify.LA, and spent more than a decade arguing that AI should organize evidence for trained humans rather than make hiring decisions on its own. Fama raised a $10 million Series B in 2022, acquired Social Intelligence in 2023, and received a U.S. patent in April 2026 for technology that searches and correlates online activity with individual classification factors.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Fama Technologies
- **Organizations:** Fama Technologies, Alchemist Accelerator, Acceleprise (now Forum Ventures), Lanetix, Chartbeat, Naqaqa Giving Foundation, Wesco Manufacturing, ResiDesk, HR.com
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Vanderbilt University
- **Known for:** Founded Fama Technologies and led it for more than a decade., Raised a $10 million Series B led by Silverton Partners in 2022., Led Fama's 2023 acquisition of Social Intelligence.

## Career timeline

- **2010-2011** — Worked as an account associate at Wesco Manufacturing.
- **2011-2012** — Worked as a program developer at Naqaqa Giving Foundation.
- **2012-2014** — Held relationship management and product outreach roles at Chartbeat.
- **2014-2015** — Served as Director of Revenue Operations at Lanetix.
- **2015** — Joined Acceleprise as Sales in Residence, launched Fama through Amplify.LA, and began mentoring with Alchemist Accelerator.
- **2017** — Fama had raised $2.7 million in seed financing and Mones was named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 20 in Their 20s.
- **2022** — Fama announced a $10 million Series B led by Silverton Partners.
- **2023** — Fama acquired Social Intelligence, expanding its background-screening partner network.
- **2024** — Marked roughly a decade of Fama while speaking publicly about human judgment, AI, and behavioral insights in hiring.
- **2026** — Mones and two co-inventors received U.S. Patent No. 12,602,661 for a system that searches and correlates online activity with classification factors.

## Achievements

- Founded Fama Technologies and led it for more than a decade.
- Raised a $10 million Series B led by Silverton Partners in 2022.
- Led Fama's 2023 acquisition of Social Intelligence.
- Named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's 20 in Their 20s in 2017.
- Named as an inventor on U.S. Patent No. 12,602,661, granted April 14, 2026.
- Has been a guest lecturer at MIT Sloan, UCLA, and USC Marshall according to a published conference biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — A continuation patent application naming Mones and his co-inventors was published as US 2026/0195714.
- **2026-06** — Fama listed Mones as a speaker in a compliance webinar on forthcoming UK non-financial misconduct requirements.
- **2026-04** — U.S. Patent No. 12,602,661 was granted to Fama Technologies, naming Mones, Collin James Scangarella, and Alec Serge Andronikov as inventors.
- **2025-12** — Published a LinkedIn article titled 'Observations from the field - London' about meeting customers and partners face to face.
- **2025-06** — Appeared on the My First Job podcast to discuss Nordstrom, a barbecue venture, Fama's origin, and AI in hiring.

## Links

- Website: https://fama.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-mones-45740a2a
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Fama_Tech
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FamaTechInc/

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Last updated: 2026-08-24