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Demis Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO, Moves to AGI Focus
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Demis Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO, Moves to AGI Focus

Demis Hassabis stepped down as CEO of Google DeepMind on August 5, 2026, taking on a chairman and Alphabet chief scientist role to focus on AGI strategy and Isomorphic Labs. The announcement came the same day Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le revealed they were leaving Google to co-found Discovery Loop. Alphabet shed roughly 5 percent of its market value on the news.

2 months ago
The Yann LeCun Halo Effect: His Alumni and Researchers Built a $55 Billion Empire. Where Are They Now?
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The Yann LeCun Halo Effect: His Alumni and Researchers Built a $55 Billion Empire. Where Are They Now?

Yann LeCun's alumni and researchers have collectively built companies worth over $55 billion. From AMI Labs ($4.5B) to Mistral AI ($13.7B) to Google DeepMind's CTO, here is where LeCun's network ended up and what they are building now.

6 months ago