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EP. 183 · 08.11.2025 · 53:20

A CONVERSATION ON BUILDING DEEPMIND

with Demis Hassabis

LeadershipResearch CultureEntrepreneurshipDeepMindScience53:20

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EPISODE BRIEF — EP. 183 · A CONVERSATION ON BUILDING DEEPMIND
Guest: Demis Hassabis · Published: 08.11.2025 · Duration: 53:20

【OVERVIEW】
On founding a research lab with a fifty-year mission: hiring for curiosity, protecting long-horizon science inside a public company, and balancing ambition with caution.

【KEY TAKEAWAYS】
1. Founding DeepMind
2. Building a research culture
3. Life inside Google
4. Advice to founders

【CHAPTERS】
00:00 — Founding DeepMind
15:00 — Building a research culture
31:00 — Life inside Google
44:00 — Advice to founders

【TOPICS】Leadership · Research Culture · Entrepreneurship · DeepMind · Science

【WATCH】https://thedaopod.com/episodes/ep-183-demis-hassabis-a-conversation-at-stanford

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On founding a research lab with a fifty-year mission: hiring for curiosity, protecting long-horizon science inside a public company, and balancing ambition with caution.

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DEMIS HASSABIS

Co-founder & CEO, Google DeepMind

Founded DeepMind in 2010 with a mission to solve intelligence and use it to solve everything else.

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