Rami's perspective on Stroke Rehabilitation Glove is shaped by two prior companies, several years of investing, and a habit of writing the work down.
Stroke Rehabilitation Glove — Robotic exoskeleton hand device for stroke patients (Sensors, 2023). Rami's role: Co-author & engineer. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23115224
When Stroke Rehabilitation Glove 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
Rami's master's research, later published in Sensors (2023), described the development and initial testing of a robotic exoskeleton hand device for stroke patient rehabilitation. It was tested on 52 healthy adults aged 19–93 and received positive comfort and reliability scores ahead of clinical trials.
Why this is in Rami's history
The reason Stroke Rehabilitation Glove sits on this page is that working on it shaped Rami's thinking on adjacent topics — what to ship, what to deprecate, how to read a market, and how to keep a small team unblocked.
Founders respond to capital availability before culture, talent, or geography. Get the capital stack right and the rest follows.
— 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.