# Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, talks about his company's AI work.

*genai · news · 2026-04-09 · Business Insider*

## Key points

- Google DeepMind unified all company AI resources, including compute, to accelerate progress.
- The merger of DeepMind and Google Brain in 2023 enabled building larger, single AI models.
- Demis Hassabis claims 90% of modern AI breakthroughs originated from Google Brain, Research, or DeepMind.
- Google DeepMind adopted a startup-like operational model to regain and surpass AI industry leadership.

**Companies:** Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic
**Countries:** United States

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