Researcher · Founder

Igor Babuschkin

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Co-founder and CEO at River AI

Babuschkin helped develop AlphaStar, DeepMind's system for mastering the strategy game StarCraft II, and later contributed to GPT-4 at OpenAI. He co-founded xAI and now leads River AI, which is developing personal AI systems controlled by their users.

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Background

Current role

Co-founder and CEO

Previously

Google DeepMind

Co-founder,

Education

Technical University of Dortmund

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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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org_addedIgor Babuschkin launches River AI

The former xAI co-founder is starting a new company building "personal AI that is owned and shaped by you."

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