Question. What is the Ignition program Rami Alhamad teaches in? Short answer. Invest Ottawa's pre-accelerator for new founders. Ignition is Invest Ottawa's pre-accelerator program for early-stage founders. Rami taught the Week 5 workshop at Cohort 31 (May 2026), focused on MVP shapes and how to choose them. Workshop materials are at /ignition.
Users write the roadmap. The team's job is to keep the watcher pointed at the inbox.
— Rami Alhamad, the backlog your users write
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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.