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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

Former Cohere executives launch startup Adaption Labs

https://thelogic.co/briefing/former-cohere-executives-launch-startup-adaption-labs/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 7, 2025

Briefing

Radical Ventures raises US$650M fund

https://thelogic.co/briefing/radical-ventures-raises-us650m-fund/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 7, 2025

Canada’s tech leaders court oil-rich Gulf countries in a push for investment and sales

https://thelogic.co/news/inovia-capital-middle-east/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 6, 2025

Executives from Cohere and Miovision travelled to Saudi Arabia and the UAE last week as part of a delegation organized by Montreal venture capital firm Inovia

A group of people stands smiling in front of the Museum of the Future in Dubai. The futuristic, oval structure is adorned with Arabic calligraphy.

Hypertec hopes a new Quebec testing ground will help it win the AI infrastructure race

https://thelogic.co/news/hypertec-mila-5c-quebec/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 6, 2025

The firm is developing new hardware to power plans for a major data centre spree

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OpenText sells legal automation unit for US$163M as it restructures for AI

https://thelogic.co/briefing/opentext-sells-legal-automation-unit-for-us163m-as-it-restructures-for-ai/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 3, 2025

Briefing

Radical Ventures backs Periodic Labs in US$300M round to build AI scientists

https://thelogic.co/briefing/radical-ventures-backs-periodic-labs-in-us300m-round-to-build-ai-scientists/

By Murad Hemmadi | Oct 1, 2025

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BenchSci will work with Thermo Fisher Scientific on AI for drug development

https://thelogic.co/briefing/benchsci-will-work-with-thermo-fisher-scientific-on-ai-for-drug-development/

By Murad Hemmadi | Sep 30, 2025

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OpenAI to let users buy from Shopify, Etsy stores with ChatGPT

https://thelogic.co/briefing/openai-to-let-users-buy-from-shopify-etsy-stores-with-chatgpt/

By Murad Hemmadi | Sep 29, 2025

Debow, Pichette and Pineau are among the tech leaders who will help Ottawa update its AI strategy

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-ai-task-force-named/

By Murad Hemmadi | Sep 26, 2025

A 26-person task force unveiled Friday will have 30 days to provide recommendations on research, adoption, safety and other key issues

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Inovia backs Belfort in US$6M seed round to build encryption-preserving chips

https://thelogic.co/briefing/inovia-backs-belfort-in-us6m-seed-round-to-build-encryption-preserving-chips/

By Murad Hemmadi | Sep 24, 2025