Tom O’Malley is a serial entrepreneur and AI‑first networking pioneer who has spent more than a decade building large‑scale, data‑driven businesses across three continents. After senior strategy and sales leadership roles at Oracle and Avaya—Tom transitioned to startup life, co‑founding YCombinator‑backed SaaS marketplace Yardbook, the luxury mezcal brand La Leyenda, and the AI‑driven expert‑focus qualitative research platform Currnt.
In March 2024 he launched Meshi , an AI‑agent platform that private agentic networks that help people connect and organizations organize better Via a compounding intelligence layer that proactively represents each member in a community. Tom’s deep expertise spans AI/ML, large‑language‑model orchestration, B2B SaaS growth, and cross‑cultural business development in the U.S., Japan, and Europe. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BBA in International Business from Emory University.
A frequent thought‑leader, Tom speaks on the future of agentic networking, the convergence of AI agents with human communities, and how scalable agent‑to‑agent and agent‑to‑person architectures can unlock new value streams for professional ecosystems.