Demis Hassabis
Mentioned in 66 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind, he leads Google's AI research division and is a prominent figure in the race toward artificial general intelligence (AGI). Podcasts discuss his leadership decisions, major research achievements like AlphaFold and Project Genie, his advocacy for AI safety alongside competitive development, and his predictions about AGI's transformative impact. He is widely recognized as a key architect shaping the future of AI, though some critics cite concerns about his AGI timeline predictions.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Apr 15, 2026
Welcome to AI in the AM: RL for EE, Oversight w/out Nationalization, & the first AI-Run Retail Store
“Mentioned as signatory to AI extinction risk statement and leader of frontier AI lab”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Apr 11, 2026
SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246
“Close relationship with Dario Amodei on AI safety; mentioned as deep tech focus at frontier labs”
Big Technology Podcast · Apr 1, 2026
OpenAI President Greg Brockman: AI Self-Improvement, The Superapp Bet, Path To AGI, Scaling Compute
“Cited as believing image generators like Nano Banana are closest to AGI due to world model understanding”
TBPN · Mar 31, 2026
AI Is Coming for Your Memes, Axios NPM Package Compromised, Claude Code Source Code Leak | Alex Pruden, Qasar Younis, Sebastian Mallaby, Forrest Heath, Dino Mavrookas, Will Ahmed, Jannick Malling, Ryan Daniels, Chris Yu
“Subject of Sebastian Mallaby's biography, discussed AI lab leadership and competition”
TBPN · Mar 27, 2026
Arm’s $15B Chip Bet, Sanders & AOC vs Datacenters, Meta & YouTube Lose Trial | Diet TBPN
“Quoted as supporting AI pause if other countries and companies also paused development”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Mar 24, 2026
Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241
“Led DeepMind team that solved Go and protein folding, revolutionizing AI capabilities”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Mar 24, 2026
#205: AI Labs Refocus on Agents and Enterprise, Trump’s New AI Framework, Meta’s Rogue Agent & What 81,000 People Want from AI
“Publishing AGI measurement framework and upcoming book on AI's role in understanding reality”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Mar 19, 2026
Zvi's Mic Works! Recursive Self-Improvement, Live Player Analysis, Anthropic vs DoW + More!
“Google DeepMind CEO discussed as capable leader potentially unable to fix Google's AI cultural problems”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Mar 19, 2026
#204: AI Answers - What Should Stay Human, AI Pricing vs. Labor Cost, Leapfrogging Digitalisation, Getting Legal On Board & Do Reasoning Models Actually Reason?
“Google's mission to solve intelligence and then solve everything else”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Mar 12, 2026
#202: AI Answers - AI for Marketing, Sales & Customer Success, Marketing Agent Swarms, Entry-Level Job Disruption, Environmental Impact and AI Privacy
“Google DeepMind leader working on AI energy efficiency solutions”
TBPN · Mar 7, 2026
OpenAI drops GPT-5.4, Iran War fallout, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN
“DeepMind CEO described as second most known person at Google after Sundar Pichai”

ACCESS · Mar 6, 2026
What happens to Google when AI answers everything? with Google’s Liz Reid
“Google DeepMind leader mentioned in context of AI model development collaboration”
Better Offline · Mar 4, 2026
Hater Season: Corey Quinn
“DeepMind leader; criticized for overpromising AGI timelines and fearmongering about AI risks”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Mar 2, 2026
Anthropic vs. The Pentagon, Claude Outpaces ChatGPT, and Consulting Gets Replaced | #234
“DeepMind CEO predicting AGI impact 10x greater than Industrial Revolution in 1/10th time”
Big Technology Podcast · Feb 25, 2026
Can AI Achieve Consciousness? — With Michael Pollan
“DeepMind CEO who believes information is the fundamental unit of the universe”
Big Technology Podcast · Feb 18, 2026
How Google DeepMind Operates & Experiments — With Lila Ibrahim and James Manyika
“CEO of Google DeepMind, referenced for leadership approach and timing decisions”
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Feb 18, 2026
Josh Kushner - Concentration and Conviction - [Invest Like the Best, EP.459]
“CEO of Isomorphic Labs; AI researcher spun out from DeepMind with Thrive partnership”
AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical · Feb 13, 2026
Seedance 2.0 Is Peak AI Video. We Tested It. Send Help.
“Google DeepMind CEO; appeared at Davos discussing AI safety and the competitive pressure from China”
Cheeky Pint · Feb 12, 2026
Ben Thompson from Stratechery on AI ads, the end of SaaS, and the future of media
“Google DeepMind leader; mentioned for claiming Google won't add ads to Gemini despite funding from ads”
The Political Scene | The New Yorker · Feb 12, 2026
Can Anthropic Control What It's Building?
“Founder of DeepMind; subject of Musk and Altman's initial distrust that motivated OpenAI founding”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Feb 3, 2026
#195: Moltbook Goes Viral, OpenAI Seeks $100B, Microsoft Stock Plummets & SpaceX-xAI Merger Rumors
“Google DeepMind CEO championing Project Genie world model development”
TBPN · Jan 30, 2026
Full Interview: Eric Seufert on AI and Advertising
“Google DeepMind CEO discussed regarding ads in Gemini AI products”
AI For Humans: Making Artificial Intelligence Fun & Practical · Jan 30, 2026
The AI Holodeck Just Got Real: Google's Project Genie
“Google DeepMind CEO; described Project Genie as path toward building a real holodeck, emphasizing world models as proof of understanding”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Jan 27, 2026
#193: AGI Talk at Davos, Amazon Layoffs, AI for Course Creation, OpenAI Cybersecurity Warning, New Claude Constitution & Credit-Based AI Pricing
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Jan 26, 2026
AI, Power, and the New Global Order with Nina Schick
“Founder of Google DeepMind; pioneered breakthrough AI research including AlphaGo”
TBPN · Jan 23, 2026
China's Acquisition Spree, TikTok's Survival Deal, Intel Slips | Tuhin Srivastava, Bryce Strauss, Max Spero, Russ d'Sa
Hard Fork · Jan 23, 2026
Will ChatGPT Ads Change OpenAI? + Amanda Askell Explains Claude's New Constitution
TBPN · Jan 23, 2026
Capital One Acquires Brex for $5B, Davos’s $500M business, Apple’s Siri rebuild | Diet TBPN
TBPN · Jan 22, 2026
Kling AI reaches 12M MAU, China's aging tech worker crisis, drama at ThinkingMachine, TBPN x CAA | Diet TBPN
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 22, 2026
AGI Timelines Shift Forward
TBPN · Jan 21, 2026
Kling Crosses 12M, China’s Aging Tech Problem, Thinking Machine Turmoil | Rich Greenfield, Jan Sramek, George Lewin, Ara Kharazian
TBPN · Jan 21, 2026
Davos Reactions, Waymo in the News, WB & Netflix Strike All Cash Deal | Diet TBPN
TBPN · Jan 20, 2026
Davos Reactions, Waymo’s Safety Case, Czinger 21C Hypercar Tour | Martin Shkreli, Bradley Tusk, Lukas Czinger, Andy McCune, Michael Broukhim, Aaron Katz
My First Million · Jan 19, 2026
Story Of The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of
The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis · Jan 17, 2026
Why CEOs Need to Lead AI Strategy
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Jan 13, 2026
#190: ChatGPT Health, Audience Reactions to AGI, Claude Code Use Cases, xAI Raises $20B & Big Gmail AI Updates
“Google DeepMind CEO; envisions Gemini as Android-like platform for robots; tweeted about market share progress”
Digital Disruption with Geoff Nielson · Jan 12, 2026
AI's Most Dangerous Truth: We've Already Lost Control
“DeepMind founder; created AlphaGo; represents major AI research leadership”
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Jan 11, 2026
What OpenAI and Google engineers learned deploying 50+ AI products in production
“Discussing multi-modal AI combining image models, LLMs, and world models (Genie) as future direction”
TBPN · Jan 10, 2026
AI Needs a Steve Jobs, Meta’s Nuclear Powerplants, a16z raises $15B | Diet TBPN
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Jan 9, 2026
AMA Part 1: Is Claude Code AGI? Are we in a bubble? Plus Live Player Analysis
Hard Fork · Dec 26, 2025
Where Is All the A.I.-Driven Scientific Progress?
“CEO of Google DeepMind, cited as making optimistic AI-for-science claims”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Dec 23, 2025
#188: AI Trends for 2026, Google DeepMind AI Predictions, Gemini 3 Flash, AI World Models & Are AI Job Losses Overblown?
“Google DeepMind CEO; outlined philosophical roadmap for AGI requiring world models; warns transition to AGI 10x bigger/faster than Industrial Revolution”
Pivot · Dec 23, 2025
The AI Dilemma with Tristan Harris – The Prof G Pod
“Quoted on solving intelligence as foundation for solving all other problems; AGI development philosophy”
The Last Invention · Dec 19, 2025
Ezra Klein on the Uncertain Politics of A.I.
“AI lab leader referenced as caring about safety while competing in AGI race”
Hard Fork · Dec 19, 2025
Why Roomba Died + Tech Predictions for 2026 + A Hard Forkin’ Xmas Song
“Reportedly interested in having DeepMind win major entertainment awards for AI-generated work”
TED Radio Hour · Dec 19, 2025
Who is really shaping the future of AI?
“AI godfather advocating for CERN-for-AI model and global cooperation on AI development”
Google DeepMind: The Podcast · Dec 16, 2025
The Future of Intelligence with Demis Hassabis (Co-founder and CEO of DeepMind)
“CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind; primary speaker discussing AI progress, AGI timeline, and societal implications”
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Dec 16, 2025
#186: GPT-5.2, Disney-OpenAI Deal, New Trump AI Executive Order, OpenAI State of Enterprise AI Report, Teen AI Usage & Data Centers in Space
“Google DeepMind CEO named Time Person of the Year for AI leadership”
This Week in Tech (Audio) · Dec 15, 2025
TWiT 1062: The Architects of AI - Can Small Models Outrun the Data Center Boom?
“DeepMind CEO; actual AI architect; featured on Time Person of Year cover; competing with frontier models”
All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Dec 6, 2025
OpenAI's Code Red, Sacks vs New York Times, New Poverty Line?
“Placed in charge of all Google AI (not just DeepMind); credited with improving Google's competitive positioning”