Demis Hassabis Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet Demis Hassabis
Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, Google
DeepMind co-founder and Nobel laureate; stepped back from the CEO job in August 2026 to focus on AGI strategy and advise the leads.
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Timeline
- Aug 5, 2026promotedMoved from CEO of Google DeepMind to Chair and Chief Scientist of Alphabet source ↗
In their words
“I hope this series gives people a better understanding of AI and a feeling for just how exhilarating an endeavour it is.”
“I hope what people are going to get out of this series is a better understanding of artificial intelligence, and I hope they also get a great feeling for how exhilarating an endeavour and a journey we’re on.”
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Articles and posts
Does Google even want to win in AI?
HostsNilay PatelGuestsHayden Field (The Verge)
The AI Race Just Moved the Goal Posts
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Demis Steps Down, Apple’s Memory Problem, Microsoft’s Clever Trick
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsM.G. Siegler (Spyglass)
Apple Says OpenAI Stole Its Secrets
HostsJason Howell, Jeff Jarvis
Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsSalim Ismail (founder, Open ExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP, Link Ventures), Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross (founder, Reified)
Ep 88: Unpacking DeepMind's Quest for SuperIntelligence with Demis Hassabis' Biographer
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsSebastian Mallaby (Biographer)
How Sundar Pichai is rethinking Google for the AI era
HostsNilay PatelGuestsSundar Pichai (CEO, Google)
Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253
HostsPeter DiamandisGuestsDemis Hassabis, Steven Kotler (New York Times bestselling author, founder of the Flow Research Collective and F), Salim Ismail (founder of OpenExO), Dave Blundin (founder & GP of Link Ventures)
Demis Hassabis on Building DeepMind, AlphaFold, and the Final Stretch to AGI
HostsSequoia CapitalGuestsDemis Hassabis (co-founder and CEO, Google DeepMind)
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: AI's Next Breakthroughs, AGI Timeline, Google's AI Glasses Bet
HostsAlex KantrowitzGuestsDemis Hassabis (CEO, Google DeepMind)
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Questions people ask
- Who is Demis Hassabis?
- Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet at Google (since 2010). DeepMind co-founder and Nobel laureate; stepped back from the CEO job in August 2026 to focus on AGI strategy and advise the leads.
- Who does Demis Hassabis report to?
- Sundar Pichai, CEO, Alphabet and Google.