# Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says his AI lab clawed its way back to the frontier over the past two to three years.

*business · news · 2026-04-10 · Times of India*

## Key points

- DeepMind unified with Google Brain in 2023, consolidating AI teams and compute resources.
- Post-merger, DeepMind gained access to Google's full-scale compute infrastructure for the first time.
- Alphabet's capex is projected to reach $185 billion in 2026, with compute supply as the main bottleneck.
- Demis Hassabis claims 90% of foundational AI breakthroughs originated from Google and DeepMind labs.
- Gemini reached approximately 750 million monthly active users by the end of Q4 2025.

**Companies:** Google
**Countries:** United States

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