About
An economist who keeps building companies.

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.
- Origins
BBA, Business Administration & Economics
Earned a BBA with a joint major in Business Administration and Economics at Simon Fraser University.
- 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.
- 2022
Acquired by ZoomerMedia
Daily Hive reached 10M monthly unique visitors and 70 employees before its acquisition by ZoomerMedia in September 2022.
- 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.