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Homam Malkawi

Homam Malkawi is a former co-founder of Ottogrid, an enterprise SaaS AI company based in Vancouver. Homam Malkawi co-founded Ottogrid with Sully Omar. Ottogrid raised a C$2M seed round in May 2023 led by GV. Ottogrid was acquired by Cohere in May 2025.

Formerly Co-founder of Ottogrid.

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Ottogrid

AI-powered enterprise market research automation (native table interface with document analysis); formerly Cognosys.

Former role
Co-founder
HQ
Vancouver, BC
Founded
2023
Status
Acquired by Cohere
Disclosed raised
C$2M
Latest round
Seed, May 26, 2023
Website
ottogrid.ai

Co-founders: Sully Omar

Investors: GV, Untapped VC

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Data as of November 10, 2026.

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