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.

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Articles by Murad Hemmadi

Briefing

Pineau, Bengio join AI researchers jointly committing US$1M to OpenReview

https://thelogic.co/briefing/pineau-bengio-join-ai-researchers-jointly-committing-us1m-to-openreview/

By Murad Hemmadi | Dec 19, 2025

Ottawa signs agreement with Coveo as it looks to buy more homegrown AI

https://thelogic.co/news/coveo-canadian-ai-government/

By Murad Hemmadi | Dec 17, 2025

The Montreal firm’s AI is already used by government departments in Australia and New Zealand. The deal with Ottawa could result in more business in Canada.

Briefing

Ex-Shopify executive joins OpenAI to build apps into ChatGPT

https://thelogic.co/briefing/ex-shopify-executive-joins-openai-to-build-apps-into-chatgpt/

By Murad Hemmadi | Dec 16, 2025

AI can’t solve Canada’s productivity crisis if businesses won’t invest

https://thelogic.co/news/special-report/canada-productivity-ai-skills-training/

By Murad Hemmadi | Dec 16, 2025

Investing properly in the tools and training that workers need, while also embracing AI, could give the country a major productivity boost, experts say

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Canada launches bid to secure its quantum computing future

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-quantum-champions-program/

By Murad Hemmadi | Dec 15, 2025

Ottawa’s new program is designed to keep firms like Nord Quantique, Photonic and Xanadu in the country as the U.S. government promises major sums for proving that the technology works