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Google DeepMind

Gemini, Genie, AlphaFold, Gemini Robotics, Silver. The only organization in five of the six camps.

Ticker
NASDAQ:GOOGL
HQ
London
Founded
2010
Web
deepmind.google
Camps
LLM scaling World models Physics AI Experience / RL Physical AI

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What it does

Google DeepMind is the only organization with a serious effort in five camps: Gemini for LLM scaling, Genie 3 and Project Genie for world models, AlphaFold and GraphCast lineage for science, Gemini Robotics for robots, and a reinforcement-learning tradition that its head, David Silver, took with him when he left in January 2026.

Camp membership over time

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    Scale next-token prediction
    Gemini. Also in camps 2, 3, 4 and 5.
    Sources Gemini models Google DeepMind 2026-09-04
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    World models
    Genie 3 (August 2025) generates playable worlds in real time; Project Genie opened it to subscribers in January 2026.
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    Physics AI and AI for science
    GraphCast and AlphaFold; AlphaEvolve for algorithm discovery. The AlphaFold team dispersed in 2026, with Jumper leaving for Anthropic.
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    Learn from experience
    AlphaZero lineage and the 'Era of Experience' essay. RL head David Silver left in January 2026 to found Ineffable Intelligence.
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    Physical AI and robotics
    Gemini Robotics 2 (July 2026) controls whole humanoid bodies; its models go into the next Boston Dynamics Atlas.

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People

DADavid AbelResearch scientist
ABAndré BarretoResearch scientist
PBPeter BattagliaSenior director of research
SCSwarat ChaudhuriProfessor; senior staff research scientist
JCJeff CluneSenior research adviser
Jeff DeanChief scientist, Google DeepMind and Google Research
MDMarc DeisenrothResearch director; professor
Zoubin GhahramaniVP of research, Google
DHDanijar HafnerStaff research scientist (Dreamer)
Demis HassabisCEO and co-founder
HVHado van HasseltResearch scientist
KKKoray KavukcuogluChief AI architect, Google; CTO, Google DeepMind
Pushmeet KohliVP of research; head of AI for Science
Shane LeggCo-founder; chief AGI scientist
CPCarolina ParadaVP and head of robotics
RPRazvan PascanuResearch scientist
Doina PrecupHead of DeepMind Montreal
BVBenjamin Van RoyProfessor; research lead
DSDorsa SadighAssociate professor; research scientist
NSNoam ShazeerCo-lead, Gemini
SSSatinder SinghResearch scientist; professor
JTJie TanPrincipal research scientist and director
OVOriol VinyalsVP of research; co-lead, Gemini
BZBarret ZophVP of research (Gemini post-training)
MBMichael BowlingResearch scientist, DeepMind Alberta (until 2023)
EDEkin Dogus CubukMaterials discovery (GNoME) (until 2025)
John JumperVP and engineering fellow; AlphaFold lead (until Jun 2026)
DSDavid SilverVP of reinforcement learning (until Jan 2026)
Richard SuttonDistinguished research scientist, DeepMind Alberta (until Jan 2023)