--- title: DeepMind founder ascends to singular AI role at Google description: Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind, is being elevated to Chief Scientist at Alphabet, replacing Jeff Dean who is departing for a startup. The new role... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/deepmind-founder-ascends-to-singular-ai-role-at-google-semkzypbv twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: DeepMind founder ascends to singular AI role at Google | daily.dev og:description: Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind, is being elevated to Chief Scientist at Alphabet, replacing Jeff Dean who is departing for a startup. The new role... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/deepmind-founder-ascends-to-singular-ai-role-at-google-semkzypbv og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/seMkZyPBV.png og:image:alt: DeepMind founder ascends to singular AI role at Google og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # DeepMind founder ascends to singular AI role at Google **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind, is being elevated to Chief Scientist at Alphabet, replacing Jeff Dean who is departing for a startup. The new role allows Hassabis to focus primarily on advancing artificial general intelligence (AGI). He will step down as DeepMind CEO but remain its chair, with CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over as CEO and reporting directly to Sundar Pichai. Hassabis will also continue leading Isomorphic Labs, Google's drug discovery spin-off. He has previously predicted AGI could be viable within three years and has advocated for industry self-regulation to accelerate its development. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Who is replacing Jeff Dean as chief scientist at Alphabet? Demis Hassabis, co-founder and former CEO of Google DeepMind, is replacing Jeff Dean as Chief Scientist at Alphabet. Jeff Dean is leaving to work at a startup. In the new role, Hassabis will focus on shaping the future of AGI. He steps down as DeepMind CEO but remains its chair, with CTO Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over as DeepMind CEO reporting directly to Sundar Pichai. _Developers tracking AI leadership shifts and their impact on AGI research follow moves like this on daily.dev._ ### Who is taking over as CEO of Google DeepMind after Demis Hassabis? Koray Kavukcuoglu, currently DeepMind's CTO, will take over as CEO of Google DeepMind. He will report directly to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Hassabis transitions to the role of Alphabet Chief Scientist and will remain DeepMind's chair, while also continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs, Google's drug discovery spin-off. _AI engineers keeping tabs on DeepMind's direction and AGI roadmap can track leadership changes like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#google-deepmind](https://daily.dev/tags/google-deepmind) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/deepmind-founder-ascends-to-singular-ai-role-at-google-semkzypbv) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"DeepMind founder ascends to singular AI role at Google","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/deepmind-founder-ascends-to-singular-ai-role-at-google-semkzypbv","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/deepmind-founder-ascends-to-singular-ai-role-at-google-semkzypbv"},"datePublished":"2026-08-07T12:53:35.815Z","dateModified":"2026-08-07T20:42:51.562Z","description":"Demis Hassabis, co-founder of DeepMind, is being elevated to Chief Scientist at Alphabet, replacing Jeff Dean who is departing for a startup. 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