Productivity · Oct 13, 2026
The cheapest capital Canada has ever been offered
Canada's productivity gap is a capital gap. For the first time, the capital that closes it is cheap enough for every firm in the country to buy.
Manny Bahia · Toronto / Vancouver / Dubai
Building AI that makes Canada more productive.
Entrepreneur, CEO and economic optimist. I build companies that close the gap between what Canada is and what it could be.
01 — Mission
Raise Canada's GDP per capita.
Canada is a rich country getting relatively poorer. Output per person has stalled for a decade while our peers pulled away.
That's not a moral failing. It's a productivity problem, and productivity problems can be engineered. My work is pointed at closing that gap, one business at a time.
02 — Now
Dubai · Toronto · Vancouver · Miami (coming soon)
“I'm Co-founder & CEO of Brilliant Media Technologies (BMT), an applied AI research lab incorporated in the DIFC in Dubai, with labs in Toronto and Vancouver. Our goal is blunt: $1B in increased productivity for Canadian SMEs by the end of 2028.”
03 — Writing
Recent thinking.
Productivity · Oct 6, 2026
Canada has a major business investment problem
Canadian businesses now invest less in each worker than they did in 2007. That, not oil, not the pandemic and not immigration alone, is the core of our productivity crisis.
Productivity · Sep 29, 2026
The fall of Canada's productivity
GDP per capita is the most honest number we have to measure productivity. The people most eager to dismiss it are the ones it indicts.
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04 — Ventures
Companies I've built.
2024 — present · Co-founder & CEO
Brilliant Media Technologies
Applied AI research lab. Incorporated in the DIFC, labs in Toronto and Vancouver. Target: $1B in added productivity for Canadian SMEs by 2028.
brilliantmedia.ai →
2008 — 2022 · Co-founder & CRO
Daily Hive
Grew to 10M monthly unique visitors and 70 employees. Acquired by ZoomerMedia in September 2022.
dailyhive.com →
07 — Contact
