Co-Founder & CEO, Google DeepMind / Founder & CEO, Isomorphic Labs / Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2024
Sir Demis Hassabis is a British AI researcher and entrepreneur, best known as the Co-Founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, a leading AI research group. He is a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2024) for his work on AlphaFold, which solved the grand challenge of protein structure prediction. Hassabis also founded Isomorphic Labs, which applies AI to drug discovery, and previously had an early career in video game design, working on pioneering simulation games like Theme Park.
PhD
PhD - Cognitive Neuroscience
BA
BA - Computer Science
Founder & CEO
Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO
Research Fellow
Research Fellow
Early Gaming Career
Worked on the AI and design for pioneering simulation games such as Theme Park (1994), Black & White (2001), and Republic: the Revolution (2003)
Co-Founder & CEO of Google DeepMind, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2024
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Cognitive Neuroscience
AlphaGo, AlphaFold, AGI Research
Founder & CEO of Isomorphic Labs (Drug Discovery)
Demis Hassabis is a leading figure in AI, known for co-founding DeepMind and his pioneering work in AGI, which led to the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for AlphaFold. His career spans from early video game development to cutting-edge neuroscience and machine learning.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
AGI
Deep Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Cognitive Neuroscience
Computational Neuroscience
Brain-Inspired AI
Video Games
Game Development
Game Design
Programming
C++
88.5K
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Cognitive Neuroscience
Hassabis and John Jumper were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on AlphaFold2, an AI model that accurately predicts the structure of virtually all known proteins, revolutionizing biology and drug discovery.
Google DeepMind, led by Hassabis, announced a major partnership with the UK government to establish the first automated AI science lab, aiming to accelerate national renewal and growth in the tech and science sectors.
Hassabis stated at the Axios AI+ Summit that AI scaling "must be pushed to the maximum" to achieve Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), defining the company's core strategy in the global AI race.
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