# Thomas O'Donahoo

> Thomas O’Donahoo is the Sydney-based co-founder and co-CEO of Atomi, an online teaching and learning platform for high schools. His public work spans software, classroom tools and assessment, with a recurring interest in breaking complex ideas into useful learning steps.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Atomi
- **Organizations:** Atomi
- **Education:** Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science; majors in Finance, Financial Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Sydney, St Aloysius’ College, Sydney
- **Known for:** Included jointly with Robert Barakat in The Educator’s Hot List 2017., Co-founded Atomi, which raised an A$9 million Series A led by OIF Ventures in 2021.

## Career timeline

- **2009** — O’Donahoo and future co-founder Robert Barakat belonged to the St Aloysius’ College class of 2009.
- **2013** — Co-founded Atomi with Robert Barakat during university.
- **2016** — Published an explanation of the Atomi name and its learning philosophy.
- **2017** — Published Atomi’s technology stack and was included with Barakat in The Educator’s Hot List.
- **2020** — Announced Tasks 2.0, including assignments to classes, groups and individuals.
- **2021** — Announced the NSW Secondary Principals’ Council partnership; Atomi announced an A$9 million Series A led by OIF Ventures in December.
- **2022** — Announced new Tasks features and appeared on The Mentor with Mark Bouris.
- **2024** — Published advice about preventing AI cheating through engagement and honest conversations.
- **2025** — Advertised as a National Education Summit Melbourne speaker on learning patterns drawn from over a million students.

## Achievements

- Included jointly with Robert Barakat in The Educator’s Hot List 2017.
- Co-founded Atomi, which raised an A$9 million Series A led by OIF Ventures in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2025-08** — Scheduled to speak at the National Education Summit in Melbourne on 28-29 August about student learning patterns; this is an advertised appearance, not confirmation of attendance.
- **2024-10** — Published “How to prevent students cheating with AI” on 8 October 2024.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getatomi.com/author/thomas-odonahoo
- LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/thomasodonahoo

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