Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down but will remain with the company as chairman and chief scientist for Google's parent company Alphabet. Hassabis will also continue to lead Isomorphic Labs, a pharmaceutical spinoff that uses AI to develop new products. The shakeup is part of a larger transformation at Google's AI arm, which is facing pressure to keep up with competitors in the generative AI space.
- ▪Demis Hassabis is stepping down as CEO of Google DeepMind but will remain with the company as chairman.
- ▪Koray Kavukcuoglu, the current CTO of Google DeepMind, will take over leadership of day-to-day operations as senior VP.
- ▪Google's AI arm is undergoing a transformation, with the company recently disbanding the AlphaFold team and investing up to $40 billion in Anthropic.
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| Publication time | Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:01:02 +0000 |
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Big Tech Google Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down, but will remain with the company He's becoming chairman of the unit and will continue to lead the pharmaceutical spinoff Isomorphic Labs. By Lawrence Bonk Aug. 5, 2026 3:01 pm EST Google Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is stepping down. He's one of the co-founders of the artificial intelligence research laboratory and has been CEO since 2010. Hassabis is, however, staying with the company. He's transitioning to chairman of the organization. DeepMind has not historically operated with a traditional corporate chairman that is separate from its executive leadership, but now it looks like it will. He's adding another title, that of chief scientist for Google's parent company Alphabet.
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