Demis Hassabis
London, England
A chess prodigy turned tech disruptor, Demis built DeepMind to solve pernicious problems with AI, winning the Nobel Prize for his protein-cracking algorithms. He hopes to use AI to crack every global disease within a decade.
Interests
Impact
2.5m+
Researchers using AlphaFold
1
Nobel Prize for Chemistry
3
Companies founded
2
Appearances on the TIME100 List
4
Sectors operated in
200,000+
Citations on Google Scholar
1
Knighthood for Services to Artificial Intelligence
World Map
London, United Kingdom
GB
Born and educated in North London, Demis earned his PhD at UCL and persuaded Larry Page to keep DeepMind headquartered in London after its acquisition by Google.
Press
The Times of India
After NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, Google AI CEO Demis Hassabis too agrees..
18th June 2025
The Economic Times
Google AI chief Demis Hassabis wants AI to kill email once and for all
8th June 2025
Fortune
Top Google exec says AI will rival humans in just 5 years and predicts
6th June 2025
WIRED
Demis Hassabis Embraces the Future of Work in the Age of AI
4th June 2025
Queens College Cambridge
Sir Demis Hassabis named in the Time100 Most Influential list
17th April 2025
PR News Wire
Isomorphic Labs announces $600 million funding to further develop its
31st March 2025
BBC
Google DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis shares Nobel Chemistry Prize
9th October 2024
Deepmind
AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of molecules
8th May 2024
University of Oxford
DeepMind CEO to give lecture on AI's potential for scientific discover
4th May 2022
Media
Career Milestones
Isomorphic Labs
A company focused on using AI for drug discovery, established under Alphabet Inc. as a spin-off from DeepMind.
2021 – Present
DeepMind (now Google DeepMind)
A leading artificial intelligence research laboratory, acquired by Google in 2014 and merged with Google Brain in 2023.
2010 – Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1861. It has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and science.
Harvard University
A private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the United States
2009 – 2010
University College London (UCL)
A leading multi-disciplinary university in London, United Kingdom, consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world.
2005 – 2009
Elixir Studios
A UK-based independent games development company founded on 7 July 1998 by Demis Hassabis
1998 – 2005
Lionhead Studios
A British video game developer founded in July 1997 by Peter Molyneux, Mark Webley, Tim Rance, and Steve Jackson. It started as a breakaway from Bullfrog Productions
1997 – 1998
Bullfrog Productions
Bullfrog Productions Limited was a British video game developer based in Guildford, England, and founded in 1987 by Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar
1993 – 1994
Queens’ College, University of Cambridge
1994 – 1997
"I've been playing games and fascinated by games since I can remember, starting with chess, which I learned to play when I was four years old."
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
2022 – Present
UK
Advanced Research and Invention Agency
A research funding agency of the UK government, built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs
2022 – Present
UK
UK's Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
2018 – Present
UK
UK's Government Office for Artificial Intelligence
The official artificial intelligence arm of the UK government's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
2018 – Present
UK
Francis Crick Institute Scientific Advisory Board
2016 – Present
London
Francis Crick Institute Scientific Advisory Board
A scientific advisory board advising the Crick’s Director on shaping and implementing scientific strategy.
2016 – Present
London
"What's always guided me and the passion I've always had is understanding the world around us. I've always been since I was a kid, fascinated by the biggest questions."
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