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Demis Hassabis

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Demis Hassabis is the Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet.

Last updated Oct 6, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Chair, Google DeepMind; Chief Scientist, Alphabet
Company
Google (DeepMind)
Based
London, United Kingdom
Boards
1
Connections
3

AI-drafted from public sources6 sources cited

Years in industry
11 years

Career

Roles with a cited source. All linked roles are in the Roles tab.

Expertise & education

Expertise

Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningGenerative AI (Gemini)Reinforcement LearningAutomated Bidding and Ad OptimizationAI-Driven Audience ModelingLarge Language ModelsGoogle Ads AI InfrastructureNeuroscience-Inspired Computing

Education

  • PhD, Neuroscience, University College London
  • BA, Computer Science (Double First), Queens' College, University of Cambridge

Recognition

Publications

  • Hassabis, D. et al. — 'Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence,' Neuron (2017)
  • Silver, D., Hassabis, D. et al. — 'Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search,' Nature (2016)
  • Jumper, J., Hassabis, D. et al. — 'Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold,' Nature (2021)
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