Demis Hassabis
Also known as demishassabis, Sir Demis Hassabis
Chair of Google DeepMind, Alphabet's chief scientist, and CEO of Isomorphic Labs.
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Roles
Google DeepMind (Chair)
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- Demis Hassabis co-founded DeepMind in 2010 with Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman.
- Google acquired it in 2014.
- He was its CEO until August 2026, when he became its chair and Alphabet's chief scientist.
- He also founded and runs Isomorphic Labs.
- He shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Jumper.
Why it matters
- For anyone following frontier AI or AI for science: he leads strategy at Google DeepMind, maker of Gemini, AlphaGo and AlphaFold.
Key facts
- Current role
- Chair of Google DeepMind and chief scientist of Alphabet, announced August 5, 20263
- Isomorphic Labs
- Founder and CEO2
- Founded Isomorphic Labs
- 20211
- Born
- 27 July 1976, London1
- Education
- University of Cambridge (computer science, 1997); PhD in cognitive neuroscience, University College London (2009)1
- Games
- Co-designed and lead-programmed Theme Park at Bullfrog Productions; lead AI programmer on Black & White at Lionhead; founded Elixir Studios in 1998, closed in 20051
- DeepMind
- Co-founded in 2010; acquired by Google in 2014; CEO until August 2026, succeeded in day-to-day running by Koray Kavukcuoglu3
- Nobel Prize
- Chemistry, 2024, shared with John M. Jumper1
- Honours
- Knighted in 2024 for services to AI; Lasker Award, Breakthrough Prize and Gairdner Award in 20231
Roles
Leads
- Google DeepMindOrganization
Chair · since Aug 2026 source on Google DeepMind
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