'Demis Hassabis wanted to quit Google': DeepMind founder breaks silence
Days after stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO, Demis Hassabis has shared a long LinkedIn post to employees, even as speculation goes viral that he wanted to quit Google entirely alongside Jeff Dean. Pathfounders reported management persuaded him to take the Chair role to protect the share price. The Financial Times and Fortune detail a London-to-Mountain View power shift, Gemini 3.5 Pro delays,…
Demis Hassabis, founder of DeepMind, has broken his silence regarding his recent decision to step down as CEO of the company. Contrary to Google's official announcement, which stated that Hassabis would become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet, industry sources suggest that Hassabis intended to leave the company entirely, coinciding with the departure of Jeff Dean.
The Pathfounders newsletter reported that both Hassabis and Dean were talked into chairmanship roles, with Google management fearing that their departure would negatively impact the company's share price. Hassabis posted a note on LinkedIn, stating his belief that artificial general intelligence (AGI) is now closer than ever and expressing his excitement for the next chapter under the leadership of Koray Kavukcuoglu. He also mentioned that he remains in London at the new Platform 37 offices.
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