Tom Husson
AI-native founder building talent and impact-focused startups
tomhusson
San Francisco, California
Chattanooga, Tennessee
8.4K connections
Joined January 2025
Summary
Founder and product leader focused on talent coordination and AI-driven talent matching: Tom co-founded Eden (JoinEden) to build an AI/web3-adjacent talent matching product and ran early betas and community integrations (eg. Developer DAO). He positions himself as building the "talent coordination layer of the web," combining product, community and AI to match people to projects. plnetwork+2
Serial, AI-native founder with a track record of early-stage companies and consultancies: He has founded / co-founded multiple ventures (humain.ai, perspektiv.ai, Eden / JoinEden, and projects referenced on his social profiles), often combining technical foundations (computer science background) with product, growth and talent strategy. peerlist+2
Community builder, host and public communicator on impact entrepreneurship: He runs The Impact Billionaires podcast/newsletter, speaks at events (TEDxGhent) and participates in founder residencies (Brickyard), indicating a focus on community, storytelling and helping founders scale impact. theimpactbillionaires+2
Active in Web3 / DAO ecosystems for talent and hiring use-cases: Eden's early outreach and product work included integrations and community beta activity inside Web3 communities (Developer DAO), showing an interest in combining decentralised community channels with AI tooling for talent discovery. substack+1
Work
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Writing
Why trying to make DAOs productive is a fool's errand | A tale of Watering Holes & Rivers
Essay on the structural differences between DAOs and companies, arguing DAOs function like community 'watering holes' while companies are productivity-focused 'rivers'.
The Impact Billionaires (newsletter / episodes)
Episodes and long-form pieces exploring how founders can scale positive impact and the structures that enable impact-driven entrepreneurship.