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Manny Bahia

About

An economist who keeps building companies.

Manny Bahia standing in an office

I'm Manny Bahia. I earned a BBA with a joint major in Business Administration and Economics at Simon Fraser University. I've spent my career building businesses in Canada, first in media and now in applied AI.

I believe Canada's biggest economic problem is also its biggest opportunity: we are not productive enough. AI, used with an abundance mindset rather than a fear mindset, is the most powerful lever we've had in a generation. My job is to put it in the hands of the small and mid-sized businesses that employ most Canadians.

  1. Origins

    BBA, Business Administration & Economics

    Earned a BBA with a joint major in Business Administration and Economics at Simon Fraser University.

  2. 2008

    Co-founded Daily Hive

    Started a local Vancouver publication and built it into one of Canada's largest digital media companies. Led revenue as Co-founder & CRO.

  3. 2022

    Acquired by ZoomerMedia

    Daily Hive reached 10M monthly unique visitors and 70 employees before its acquisition by ZoomerMedia in September 2022.

  4. Now

    Brilliant Media Technologies

    Co-founder & CEO of BMT, an applied AI research lab incorporated in the DIFC with labs in Toronto and Vancouver. Goal: $1B in increased productivity for Canadian SMEs by the end of 2028.