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Murad Hemmadi

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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

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Bird Construction plans $250M bond sale to build data centres: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/bird-construction-plans-250m-bond-sale-to-build-data-centres-report/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 22, 2026

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U.S. government to take stakes in Canadian-founded D-Wave Quantum and Rigetti Computing

https://thelogic.co/briefing/u-s-government-to-take-stakes-in-canadian-founded-d-wave-quantum-and-rigetti-computing/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 21, 2026

Canada’s AI research program names final batch of professors ahead of strategy update

https://thelogic.co/news/canada-cifar-artificial-intelligence-research/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 21, 2026

CIFAR has announced 42 new or renewed research chairs, backed by $24 million in federal funding

Large purple letters spell out “AI” on a display at the All In AI conference in Montreal. Two men wearing blazers walk by on the left, while other attendees sit at tables and tree-like decorations hang from the ceiling in the background.

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Xanadu strikes deal for up to US$300M from New Jersey investment firm

https://thelogic.co/briefing/xanadu-strikes-deal-for-up-to-us300m-from-new-jersey-investment-firm/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 21, 2026

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Cohere eyes Spanish team-ups as Ottawa and Madrid vow AI collaboration

https://thelogic.co/briefing/cohere-eyes-spanish-team-ups-as-ottawa-and-madrid-vow-ai-collaboration/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 20, 2026

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Decart’s US$300M fundraise is the latest big AI bet for Toronto’s Radical Ventures

https://thelogic.co/briefing/decarts-us300m-fundraise-is-the-latest-big-ai-bet-for-torontos-radical-ventures/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 19, 2026

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Star AI researcher Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic to build new models

https://thelogic.co/briefing/star-ai-researcher-andrej-karpathy-joins-anthropic-to-build-new-models/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 19, 2026

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Intel, Qualcomm interested in acquiring Tenstorrent: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/intel-qualcomm-interested-in-acquiring-tenstorrent-report/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 19, 2026

Cohere buys Montreal’s Reliant AI in pharma market push

https://thelogic.co/news/cohere-reliant-ai-acquisition-pharmaceuticals/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 19, 2026

The deal brings together two Canadian AI firms and gives Cohere access to a number of major pharmaceutical companies

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Nord Quantique raises US$30M from Fidelity at US$1.4B valuation: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/nord-quantique-raises-us30m-from-fidelity-at-us1-4b-valuation-report/

By Murad Hemmadi | May 15, 2026