# Demis Hassabis

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/demis-hassabis
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Demis Hassabis is the co-founder and CEO of Google DeepMind, the AI research lab behind AlphaFold, Gemini, and AlphaGo. A neuroscientist, AI researcher, and former chess prodigy, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2024 for the AlphaFold protein structure breakthrough.

## Key facts

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- **Title:** Google DeepMind CEO

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