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Tom O'Malley

Founder & CEO of Meshi AI (Ascend), an AI-agent professional networking platform; serial entrepreneur previously at Oracle and Avaya and co-founder of Currnt, Yardbook, and La Leyenda.

Oct 20, 2026

The Business of Meetings

The Business of Meetings

345: How Agentic AI is Changing the Way We Engage and Network with Tom O'Malley

Oct 20 · 38m

Eric Rozenberg
Eric RozenbergHOST
5:22
How was the transition for you?
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:25
Yeah.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:25
It felt very natural in a way.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:28
You know, I had a, uh, landscape company in high school.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:30
When I was in high school, I didn't pay much attention to school itself.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:34
Like, in fact, I graduated with a 1.8 GPA, but I also graduated with a landscape company where I had employed, uh, 17 guys.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
5:43
And so I was already an entrepreneur at a young age, and so I've always felt a little bit like a square peg in a round hole in corporate.

27 MINS LATER

Eric Rozenberg
Eric RozenbergHOST
32:39
Right
Silicon Valley Impact

Silicon Valley Impact

What happens when AI moves beyond technology — and starts reshaping how we invest, build companies, make decisions, and connect with one another?

Sep 21 · 1h 8m

Brian SparkesHOST
20:13
you really bounced around a lot.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:15
Yeah, I think that since birth.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:18
I mean, honestly, between parents and such, it was Connecticut, Florida, Ohio, California.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:24
You had to make friends.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:24
Yeah, make friends, stay curious.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:26
Yeah, don't fall into niches.
Tom O'MalleyGUEST
20:28
Like, lay across the mall, be curious about everything.

13 MINS LATER

Brian SparkesHOST
33:39
thanks you.

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