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Demis Hassabis
Chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind; chief scientist of Alphabet
Chairman and co-founder, Google DeepMind · Chief scientist, Alphabet · Chief executive officer and co-founder, Isomorphic Labs
Background
Demis Hassabis is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He was knighted in 2024 for his work on AI.
He is the chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind and the chief scientist of Alphabet. He is also the chief executive officer and co-founder of Isomorphic Labs.
In 2024, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John M. Jumper for AI research on protein structure prediction.
Key facts
- Current roles
- Chairman and co-founder of Google DeepMind; chief scientist of Alphabet; chief executive officer and co-founder of Isomorphic Labssource
- Born
- 27 July 1976source
- Nobel Prize
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2024, shared with John M. Jumper for AI research contributions to protein structure predictionsource
- Honours
- Appointed a CBE in 2017; knighted in 2024 for his work on AIsource
- Education
- Queens' College, Cambridge: completed the Computer Science Tripos and graduated in 1997 with a double firstsource
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Sources
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