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Murad Hemmadi

Reporter

Murad Hemmadi covers artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and other deep technologies. He was previously an Ottawa correspondent for The Logic, covering business and innovation policy. Before joining The Logic, he covered politics and wrote a daily newsletter for Maclean’s.

[email protected] https://x.com/muradhem

Articles by Murad Hemmadi

Briefing

KKR looks to sell Calgary’s CoolIt Systems for over US$3B: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/kkr-looks-to-sell-calgarys-coolit-systems-for-over-us3b-report/

By Murad Hemmadi | Mar 9, 2026

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La Caisse puts up $240M for Cologix’s Montreal AI data centre

https://thelogic.co/briefing/la-caisse-puts-up-240m-for-cologixs-montreal-ai-data-centre/

By Murad Hemmadi | Mar 5, 2026

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Aston Martin F1 team will use Cohere’s AI tools

https://thelogic.co/briefing/aston-martin-f1-team-will-use-coheres-ai-tools/

By Murad Hemmadi | Mar 4, 2026

Tech firms are selling AI tools to save developers from the worst of vibe coding

https://thelogic.co/news/vibe-coding-claud-code-errors/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 25, 2026

Startups like Unblocked and Uno Platform try to help programmers—and the AI systems they now rely on—avoid shipping mistakes and useless code

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Toronto’s Taalas raises US$169M for faster AI chips

https://thelogic.co/briefing/torontos-taalas-raises-us169m-for-faster-ai-chips/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 20, 2026

Briefing

Ottawa will back LawZero as Bengio’s research lab seeks money to expand

https://thelogic.co/briefing/ottawa-will-back-lawzero-as-bengios-research-lab-seeks-money-to-expand/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 19, 2026

Toyota is bringing Agility’s humanoid robots to a Canadian factory floor

https://thelogic.co/news/toyota-canada-agility-humanoid-robot-factory/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 19, 2026

The auto giant will roll out seven Digit humanoids at its Woodstock, Ont. plant to help move parts around

A bipedal robot with a teal and black design is organizing grey bins on a shelf in a factory.

Briefing

Toronto’s Lightworks raises $12M for AI services

https://thelogic.co/briefing/torontos-lightworks-raises-12m-for-ai-services/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 18, 2026

Briefing

Cohere Labs open sources smaller models that work in many languages

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cohere-labs-open-sources-smaller-models-that-work-in-many-languages/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 17, 2026

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Toronto’s Shakudo raises US$7M for AI-enabling software

https://thelogic.co/briefing/torontos-shakudo-raises-us7m-for-ai-enabling-software/

By Murad Hemmadi | Feb 17, 2026