Personnel: Mustafa Suleyman at Google DeepMind (Co-founder, Head of Applied AI)
The source confirms Suleyman was a co-founder of DeepMind in 2010 and held the role of head of applied AI. However, the record's endDate of 2022 is contradicted by the source, which states he left DeepMind in December 2019 (not 2022). The source explicitly states: 'In December 2019, Suleyman announced he would be leaving DeepMind to join Google, working in a policy role.' Additionally, the record lists his role as 'Co-founder, Head of Applied AI' but the source indicates he was initially 'chief product officer' (2010) and later became 'head of applied AI' (after 2014 acquisition). The organization is also imprecise: DeepMind was acquired by Google in 2014, so technically he worked at 'DeepMind' (a Google subsidiary) rather than 'Google DeepMind' during most of his tenure, though this is a minor semantic issue. The critical error is the endDate of 2022 when the source clearly indicates 2019.
Our claim
entire record- Person
- Mustafa Suleyman
- Role
- Co-founder, Head of Applied AI
- Role Type
- career
- Start Date
- 2010
- End Date
- 2022
- Is Founder
- Yes
- Notes
- Co-founded DeepMind with Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg; led applied AI division; placed on leave in 2019, then moved to Google VP role
Source evidence
1 src · 1 checkNoteThe source confirms Suleyman was a co-founder of DeepMind in 2010 and held the role of head of applied AI. However, the record's endDate of 2022 is contradicted by the source, which states he left DeepMind in December 2019 (not 2022). The source explicitly states: 'In December 2019, Suleyman announced he would be leaving DeepMind to join Google, working in a policy role.' Additionally, the record lists his role as 'Co-founder, Head of Applied AI' but the source indicates he was initially 'chief product officer' (2010) and later became 'head of applied AI' (after 2014 acquisition). The organization is also imprecise: DeepMind was acquired by Google in 2014, so technically he worked at 'DeepMind' (a Google subsidiary) rather than 'Google DeepMind' during most of his tenure, though this is a minor semantic issue. The critical error is the endDate of 2022 when the source clearly indicates 2019.