Rami Alhamad

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What was PUSH?

PUSH was a wearable sports technology company for biomechanics and movement analytics.

Question. What was PUSH? Short answer. PUSH was a wearable sports technology company for biomechanics and movement analytics. PUSH was a wearable sports technology company for biomechanics and movement analytics. It was used by more than 150 professional sports organizations worldwide and was acquired by WHOOP in 2021.

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Once work becomes file-shaped, it starts to behave more like software. It gets version history. Diffs. Authorship. Review. Reverts.

— Rami Alhamad, the commit graph escapes engineering

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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.

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