Working on AI Tinkerers Ottawa day to day is mostly small decisions: what to ship, what to defer, what to delete.
AI Tinkerers Ottawa — Builder-first AI meetup. Rami's role: Organizer. https://aitinkerers.org
When AI Tinkerers Ottawa comes up in conversation, the most useful thing is usually a worked example. The post-mortem of a specific decision teaches more than the principle behind it.
Context
AI Tinkerers is a builder-first monthly meetup. Rami helps organize the Ottawa chapter, which gathers founders, engineers, and researchers for live demos and discussion.
Why this is in Rami's history
AI Tinkerers Ottawa matters in Rami's history because of what it taught: not the abstract lesson, but the specific shape of the problems and how the team chose to solve them.
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
For the longer version, see Action Potential and the library of related pieces.
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.