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Demis Hassabis

Demis Hassabis portrait
Photo: Clément Morin / Nobel Prize Outreach · Nobel Prize image credit

Chair at Google DeepMindChief Scientist at AlphabetFounder and CEO at Isomorphic Labs

🇬🇧 British

A co-founder of DeepMind, Hassabis led teams behind AlphaGo, which defeated a world Go champion, and AlphaFold, which transformed protein-structure prediction and earned him a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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Background

Current roles
Chair Aug 2026-present
Chief Scientist Aug 2026-present
Founder and CEO 2021-present
Previously
2010-Aug 2026Co-founder and CEO,
Born1976
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

News 1

moveDemis Hassabis becomes Google DeepMind chair as Koray Kavukcuoglu steps up to lead

Hassabis is moving into long-term strategy and science roles, while Kavukcuoglu takes operational leadership of Google DeepMind as SVP.

August 5, 2026

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Citation history from Aug 25, '25 to Sep 1, '26308,778266,434224,089Aug 25, '25May 15, '26Jun 15, '26Sep 1, '26
308,778citations as of Sep 1, '26+10,440 since Aug 1, '26
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