# Shane Legg

**Source:** https://www.startuphub.ai/people/shane-legg
**Profile type:** Person

## About

Co-founder and Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind, focusing on the development of general-purpose learning algorithms.

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- **Title:** Co-founder

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