Artificial Atlas

Who is betting on what in AI, and against whom.

Google DeepMind

Gemini, Genie, AlphaFold, Gemini Robotics, Silver. The only org in every camp.

Ticker
NASDAQ:GOOGL
HQ
London
Founded
2010
Web
deepmind.google
Camps
LLM scaling World models Physics AI Experience / RL Physical AI

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What it does

Google DeepMind is the only organization with a serious effort in five camps: Gemini for LLM scaling, Genie 3 and Project Genie for world models, AlphaFold and GraphCast lineage for science, Gemini Robotics for robots, and a reinforcement-learning tradition that its head, David Silver, took with him when he left in January 2026.

Camp membership over time

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    Scale next-token prediction
    Gemini. Also in every other camp.
    Sources Gemini models Google DeepMind 2026-09-04
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    World models
    Genie 3 (August 2025) generates playable worlds in real time; Project Genie opened it to subscribers in January 2026.
    Sources Genie 3: a new frontier for world models Google DeepMind 2025-08-05 · Google rolling out ‘Project Genie’ to generate playable worlds 9to5Google 2026-01-29
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    Physics AI and AI for science
    GraphCast and AlphaFold; AlphaEvolve for algorithm discovery. The AlphaFold team dispersed in 2026, with Jumper leaving for Anthropic.
    Sources DeepMind dismantles its AlphaFold team as key authors leave for Anthropic The Decoder 2026-06-20
  4. dates not recorded
    Learn from experience
    AlphaZero lineage and the 'Era of Experience' essay. RL head David Silver left in January 2026 to found Ineffable Intelligence.
    Sources Welcome to the Era of Experience (Silver & Sutton) Google DeepMind 2025-04-10 · DeepMind's David Silver just raised $1.1B to build an AI that learns without human data TechCrunch 2026-04-27
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    Physical AI and robotics
    Gemini Robotics 2 (July 2026) controls whole humanoid bodies; its models go into the next Boston Dynamics Atlas.
    Sources Gemini Robotics 2 brings whole body intelligence to robots Google DeepMind 2026-07-15 · Boston Dynamics' next-gen humanoid robot will have Google DeepMind DNA TechCrunch 2026-01-05

Capital

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People

JCJeff CluneSenior research adviser
Jeff DeanJeff DeanChief scientist, Google DeepMind and Google Research
Zoubin GhahramaniZoubin GhahramaniVP of research, Google
DHDanijar HafnerStaff research scientist (Dreamer)
Demis HassabisDemis HassabisCEO and co-founder
KKKoray KavukcuogluChief AI architect, Google; CTO, Google DeepMind
Pushmeet KohliPushmeet KohliVP of research; head of AI for Science
Shane LeggShane LeggCo-founder; chief AGI scientist
CPCarolina ParadaVP and head of robotics
Doina PrecupDoina PrecupHead of DeepMind Montreal
NSNoam ShazeerCo-lead, Gemini
JTJie TanPrincipal research scientist and director
OVOriol VinyalsVP of research; co-lead, Gemini
BZBarret ZophVP of research (Gemini post-training)
MBMichael BowlingResearch scientist, DeepMind Alberta (until 2023)
EDEkin Dogus CubukMaterials discovery (GNoME) (until 2025)
John JumperJohn JumperVP and engineering fellow; AlphaFold lead (until Jun 2026)
DSDavid SilverVP of reinforcement learning (until Jan 2026)
Richard SuttonRichard SuttonDistinguished research scientist, DeepMind Alberta (until Jan 2023)

General sources

Google DeepMind launches WeatherNext 3 AI weather model Quartz 2026-09-03