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Demis Hassabis
Isomorphic Labs
✓ Verified current role· as of 2026-08-10
Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Isomorphic Labs. Hassabis was born in 1976 in London and educated at Queens' College and University College London.
Recent developments
AI summary of recent coverageRecent coverage has focused on Demis Hassabis's transition away from his role as DeepMind CEO, with headlines indicating Hassabis is stepping down from day-to-day leadership at Google DeepMind to focus on Isomorphic Labs, an AI-focused drug discovery company. The coverage also highlights Isomorphic Labs' recent significant funding round and Hassabis's stated commitment to expanding the company's work on computational drug design and disease research.
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Key Facts
Source: Wikidata ↗- Born
- July 27, 1976 · London
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Queens' College, University College London, University of Cambridge
- Awards
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Mullard Award, Nature's 10
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In the News
12 stories- StartupHub.ai·
Demis Hassabis Steps Down as DeepMind CEO in 2026
- techfundingnews.com·
What Demis Hassabis' 2019 pitch deck tells us about his DeepMind transition — TFN
- EdTech Innovation Hub·
Demis Hassabis hands Google DeepMind’s day-to-day leadership to Koray Kavukcuoglu
- CNBC·
Opinion: Demis Hassabis’ new role exposes Google’s AI balancing act
- Fast Company·
Demis Hassabis steps down as DeepMind CEO, plus more Google leadership changes
- Endpoints News·
Demis Hassabis says he's 'leaning into' Isomorphic role amid Alphabet and DeepMind shakeup
- The Pharma Letter·
Isomorphic Labs
- Sedona.Biz·
AlphaFold: Why Alphabet should fire or demote Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis to Isomorphic Labs
- Fortune·
Demis Hassabis on his rush to ‘solve all disease’ and Isomorphic’s new $2.1 billion
- The Daily Upside·
AI Drug Designer Isomorphic Details Lofty Plans for $2.1B in New Funding
- FirstWord Pharma·
Isomorphic Labs adds $2.1B to scale AlphaFold successor
- Yahoo Finance·
Google-backed Isomorphic Labs delays clinical trial timeline
Demis Hassabis: FAQ
- What company does Demis Hassabis lead?
- Demis Hassabis is CEO of Isomorphic Labs.
- Where was Demis Hassabis educated?
- Demis Hassabis studied at Queens' College, University College London, University of Cambridge.