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Featured: Rami Alhamad
Rami Alhamad is a Canadian technology founder. He is the Co-Founder & CEO of Alma, previously founded PUSH (acquired by WHOOP, 2021), and was VP of Product at WHOOP. He is a Venture Partner at Antler and a Founder in Residence at Mila. Based in Ottawa. Rami lives and works in Ottawa. About Rami · Alma · Action Potential
Why Ottawa
Ottawa is Canada's capital and one of the most underrated AI clusters in North America — federal AI procurement, AI Tinkerers monthly, and a deep pool of engineering talent from Carleton and uOttawa. 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.