# Joe Thomas

> Joe Thomas is Loom’s co-founder and founding CEO, later identified by Atlassian as its head of product. With Vinay Hiremath and Shahed Khan, he turned a video-feedback project into a workplace video-messaging tool launched in 2016. Atlassian announced a roughly $975 million acquisition in October 2023 and completed it that November. His earlier work included a design agency, MediaPass and product leadership at MyLife.com.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Head of Product Management, Loom at Atlassian
- **Organizations:** Loom, Atlassian, MyLife.com, MediaPass, Redesign Agency
- **Education:** Bachelor of Applied Science, Economics, Indiana University Bloomington
- **Known for:** Co-founded Loom with Vinay Hiremath and Shahed Khan., Led Loom as founding CEO through its acquisition by Atlassian., Loom reported more than 25 million registered users and more than 200,000 paying customers at the October 2023 acquisition announcement.

## Career timeline

- **2011-2014** — Co-founded Redesign Agency and worked in business development.
- **2012** — Completed economics studies at Indiana University Bloomington.
- **2013-2014** — Director of Operations at MediaPass.
- **2014-2016** — Director of Product at MyLife.com.
- **2015** — Began building a video-feedback business with Vinay Hiremath and Shahed Khan.
- **2016** — The team launched standalone recorder Openvid in June, the product that became Loom.
- **2017** — Announced the Loom name on January 16.
- **2019** — Loom raised a $30 million Series B led by Sequoia.
- **2023** — Atlassian announced a roughly $975 million acquisition on October 12; completion was announced November 30.
- **2024** — Publicly identified as Loom’s head of product management within Atlassian.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Loom with Vinay Hiremath and Shahed Khan.
- Led Loom as founding CEO through its acquisition by Atlassian.
- Loom reported more than 25 million registered users and more than 200,000 paying customers at the October 2023 acquisition announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — From Start-Up to Grown-Up republished his founder interview as an encore episode on September 7; this was a re-release, not evidence of a new interview.
- **2025-02** — Appeared in FastCo Works’ The Rise of Async Work video, identified as Loom Atlassian co-founder and head of product.
- **2024-12** — Outlined his 2025 outlook for asynchronous video and AI in an Atlassian leadership predictions article.

## Links

- Website: https://www.loom.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joethomasx
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/yoyo_thomas

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Last updated: 2026-10-26