Google DeepMind
Also known as DeepMind, DeepMind Technologies
Google's AI research lab, maker of Gemini, AlphaGo and AlphaFold.
Founded by
- Demis Hassabis
- Shane Legg
- Mustafa Suleyman
People
- Jeff DeanGoogle Chief Scientist serving Google Research and Google DeepMind, from April 2023
- DeepMind was founded in London in 2010.
- Google acquired it in January 2014.
- In April 2023 it merged with the Brain team from Google Research to form Google DeepMind.
- Demis Hassabis leads it as CEO.
- Its AlphaFold work earned Hassabis and John Jumper a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Why it matters
- Google's main AI lab: it builds the Gemini models behind Google's products.
- Founded
- 20101
- Acquired by Google
- 26 January 2014, reportedly for $400 million to $650 million1
- Merged with Google Brain
- April 20, 20232
- Headquarters
- Platform 37, King's Cross, London (since summer 2026)1
- Employees
- About 6,000 (2025)1
Who owns and runs it
Owned by Google since 26 Jan 2014, which is part of Alphabet. Run by Demis Hassabis (CEO).
Parent company
- GoogleOrganization
acquired by Google in 2014; merged with Google Brain into Google DeepMind in April 2023 · since 26 Jan 2014 1
Milestones
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AlphaGo beats Lee Sedol1
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AlphaFold wins CASP1
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AlphaFold 2 reaches lab-level accuracy at CASP141
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Google DeepMind formed2
DeepMind and the Brain team from Google Research combined into one unit.
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Gemini released1
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry1
Hassabis and John Jumper shared half the prize for protein structure prediction with AlphaFold 2.
Connections
Founded by
- Demis Hassabis
- Shane Legg
- Mustafa Suleyman
People
- Jeff DeanGoogle Chief Scientist serving Google Research and Google DeepMind, from April 2023
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