Rami speaks publicly several times a month across founder programs, university programs, AI builder meetups, and policy roundtables.
Topics
- Building Users Before Models. Why customer discovery comes before model selection. (Mila, 2026.)
- Shipping AI Without Breaking Everything. The Alma Track 2 rollout: 10 → 25 → 50 → 75 → 100% with feature flags, automated auditors, and zero on-call pages.
- The Codebase That Fixes Itself at 3 AM. Five Python daemons + headless Claude Code.
- The Investor Update That Builds Itself. Replacing a slide-deck ritual with a live web page and a Cursor skill.
- Canadian AI Policy. Sovereign Intelligence Fund. Canada Strong Fund startup-of-funds. Maple Eight as anchor LPs.
- Design for Builders Who Aren't Designers. A practical workflow for product people.
- Five Objections to AI. Three are manageable. Two are existential.
- We'll Always Be Designing Chairs. On human restlessness in the age of AGI.
Past venues
- Mila — Quebec AI Institute.
- Antler — Canada residency program.
- Invest Ottawa — Ignition program (most recently C31, May 2026).
- AI Tinkerers — Ottawa monthly.
- CIGI — Centre for International Governance Innovation.
- University of Waterloo & University of Guelph alumni programs.
- Founder podcasts (various).
Booking
Message via LinkedIn with the format, audience, and any constraints.
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.