There's a builder version of Autonomous Systems & Agents and a slide-deck version, and they look different up close.
Short definition. Autonomous Systems & Agents: long-running agent infrastructure, headless Claude Code, and self-repairing pipelines.
For Autonomous Systems & Agents, the relevant questions are operational. Where does the loop close? What costs more time than money? Where is the audit, and where is the judgment?
How Rami works on Autonomous Systems & Agents
Most of what Rami knows about Autonomous Systems & Agents comes from shipping into it. Five Python watcher daemons monitor Alma's production database and logs, and a headless Claude Code agent investigates and proposes fixes — with zero on-call pages. The rest comes from teaching it — at universities, at AI Tinkerers, and inside founder programs at Antler and Mila — and from writing about it at Action Potential.
Where this shows up in his writing
A coach that doesn't know you is just a chatbot with opinions.
— Rami Alhamad, building a coach that remembers you
If a SaaS subscription costs more than building the tool yourself, build the tool.
— Rami Alhamad, delete typeform the weekly feedback loop
What Rami is reading on Autonomous Systems & Agents
Recommended reading on Autonomous Systems & Agents: Action Potential for the inside view, CIGI for Canadian-specific policy framings, and the library for related expertise pages and concepts.
Most of these threads run through Alma in some form. The fastest way to see them in production is to use the app.
About Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, an AI-powered nutrition coaching app that helps people eat better through fast, intelligent food logging and personalized insights. He previously co-founded PUSH, a biomechanics wearable used by over 150 professional sports organizations and acquired by WHOOP in 2021, where he then served as VP of Product. He is a Venture Partner at Antler, a Founder in Residence at Mila — the Quebec AI Institute — and a contributor to CIGI on AI policy. He is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and publishes essays at Action Potential.