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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

How Mark Carney plans to wage trade war against the United States

https://thelogic.co/news/carney-plan-wage-trade-war-us/

By Laura Osman and Murad Hemmadi | Aug 22, 2026

The prime minister promises “dollar for dollar” retaliation against new U.S. tariffs, hitting American steel, dairy, electronics and farm equipment

A head-on shot of Mark Carney at a lectern embossed with a maple leaf carved from wood. There is a row of Canadian flags behind him, and he's looking at the camera with a serious expression.

Briefing

Nvidia to pay US$6B to Inovia-backed Poolside AI to license tech and hire staff: Report

https://thelogic.co/briefing/nvidia-to-pay-us6b-to-inovia-backed-poolside-ai-to-license-tech-and-hire-staff-report/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 21, 2026

Briefing

Lacombe, Alta., residents express opposition to data centres at provincial consultation

https://thelogic.co/briefing/lacombe-alta-residents-express-opposition-to-data-centres-at-provincial-consultation/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 20, 2026

Anthropic wants to add ‘gigawatts’ of AI compute in Canada

https://thelogic.co/news/anthropic-hiring-staff-canada-ai-compute/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 19, 2026

The Claude maker is hiring local staff to lead data-centre development and community relations, starting in Alberta

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Star researcher Sanja Fidler raises over US$90M for world model startup

https://thelogic.co/news/exclusive/veeda-ai-sanja-fidler-nvidia/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 19, 2026

Toronto-based Veeda is building control systems for physical AI, and is backed by Khosla Ventures and Radical Ventures, The Logic has learned

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Briefing

Alberta regulator rejects Olds power plant for data centre

https://thelogic.co/briefing/alberta-regulator-rejects-olds-power-plant-for-data-centre/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 18, 2026

Briefing

Space raises US$2.4M to get users’ files faster

https://thelogic.co/briefing/space-raises-us2-4m-to-get-users-files-faster/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 18, 2026

Neocloud Iren goes big on U.S. data centres as Canadian expansion slows

https://thelogic.co/news/iren-ai-data-centres-canada-us/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 18, 2026

The Australian firm, which has three data centres in B.C., is planning gigawatts of new capacity around the world as demand from AI developers booms

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Briefing

Peripheral raises US$8.7M for AI replay tools

https://thelogic.co/briefing/peripheral-raises-us8-7m-for-ai-replay-tools/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 17, 2026

Briefing

Ontario Teachers’ backs Databricks in US$5B financing

https://thelogic.co/briefing/ontario-teachers-backs-databricks-in-us5b-financing/

By Murad Hemmadi | Aug 13, 2026