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OrganizationHeadcount
2,700
as of Dec 2024
Founded Date
Sep 2010
Key People
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Demis HassabisFounder
CEO & Co-Founder
2010 – present
Co-founder of DeepMind Technologies in November 2010 alongside Shane Legg and Mustafa Suleyman. Became CEO of Google DeepMind after merger with Google Brain in April 2023. Won 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with John Jumper for AlphaFold protein structure prediction.
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Mustafa SuleymanFounder
Co-Founder
2010 – 2019
Co-founded DeepMind in London in November 2010. Led applied AI efforts. Left DeepMind in December 2019 to join Google in a policy role. Later co-founded Inflection AI, then in March 2024 became EVP and CEO of Microsoft AI.
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Shane LeggFounder
Co-Founder & Chief AGI Scientist
2010 – present
Co-founded DeepMind Technologies in November 2010. Was Chief Scientist from founding; became Chief AGI Scientist after DeepMind merged with Google Brain in April 2023. Leads the AGI Technical Safety team.
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Koray Kavukcuoglu
Chief Technology Officer
2012 – present
Joined DeepMind in 2012 as researcher. Rose to VP of Research, then became CTO. In June 2025 also named Chief AI Architect (SVP) at Google reporting to Sundar Pichai, while retaining CTO role at Google DeepMind.
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David Silver
Principal Research Scientist & RL Research Lead
2010 – Jan 2026
One of DeepMind's earliest employees; led AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and MuZero projects. Led the Reinforcement Learning Research Group. Left Google DeepMind in January 2026 to found Ineffable Intelligence startup.
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Lila Ibrahim
Chief Operating Officer
Apr 2018 – present
Joined DeepMind in April 2018 as its first-ever Chief Operating Officer. Oversees Operations, Governance & Ethics, Policy, Communications, and People & Culture. As of 2025 her LinkedIn title shows Chief AI Readiness Officer.
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Jeff Dean
Chief Scientist
2023 – present
Appointed Google Chief Scientist in April 2023 following merger of Google Brain and DeepMind to form Google DeepMind. Co-leads the Gemini project. Previously led Google AI since 2018.
All Facts
Financial
Headcount2,700Dec 2024▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2024 | 2,700 | en.wikipedia.org | f_KtTrbGQynQ |
Organization
Founded DateSep 2010—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sep 2010 | en.wikipedia.org | f_mEKUPPFYRg |
HeadquartersLondon, UK—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | London, UK | deepmind.google | f_pjpNfsuNKw |
Legal StructureSubsidiary of Alphabet Inc.—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. | en.wikipedia.org | f_nq7RXAwqsw |
Safety & Research
Safety Researchers120Jun 2025▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | 120 | — | f_dANFu1eouA |
People
Founded ByAqcyu3onCA, shane-legg, mustafa-suleyman—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, Mustafa Suleyman | en.wikipedia.org | f_AX7AnnLZQQ |
Model Details
Context Window2 millionMay 2024▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 2 million | — | f_4aWyQKbNYA |
General
Websitehttps://deepmind.google/—▶
| As Of | Value | Source | Fact ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | https://deepmind.google/ | wikidata.org | 2Y4spe8DsA |
Divisions
1| Name | DivisionType | Status | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepMind Safety | team | active | deepmind.google | DeepMind's AI safety research team, focused on alignment, interpretability, and responsible development |
▶Internal Metadata
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| Stable ID | A4XoubikkQ |
| Wiki ID | E98 |
| Type | organization |
| YAML Source | packages/factbase/data/things/A4XoubikkQ.yaml |
| Facts | 8 structured (10 total) |
| Records | 8 in 2 collections |