Question. What is a Sovereign Intelligence Fund? Short answer. Rami Alhamad's proposed national fund for AI compute infrastructure in Canada. Rami coined the term 'Sovereign Intelligence Fund' in an Action Potential essay (April 2026). He argues Canada should build and operate AI compute infrastructure at national scale — 'factories of intelligence' that take in electricity and produce tokens — and that the funding should be tens of billions, not single-digit billions. Canada's hydro-rich, cold-climate geography is a natural advantage.
Canada isn't losing the AI race because of a lack of investment. It's losing it in the middle.
— Rami Alhamad, canada strong fund startup ecosystem
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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.