Prague-based EquiLibre, which offers AI for quant hedge funds and is founded by three ex-Google DeepMind researchers, raised a Series A at a $500M valuation
Three former DeepMind researchers who created an AI that beat humans at poker have now applied the same technology to trading stocks — and the bet appears to be paying off.
Despite the “DeepMind mafia” pulling billions into London AI startups, none of Demis Hassabis' former lieutenants is building a homegrown UK frontier AI model
The tech sector is buzzing in Britain. But can it ever be more than a US outpost? Two decades ago, King's Cross was central London's most neglected district.
A profile of Sarah Polcz, the UC Davis law professor that Bernie Sanders' team consulted weekly while developing his AI company sovereign wealth fund proposal
A couple of weekends ago, Sarah Polcz, a University of California, Davis, law professor, and her husband, Adam Brown, a top scientist at Google's DeepMind …
Sources: Demis Hassabis was an angel investor in Anthropic; PitchBook and Dealroom say ex-DeepMind researchers founded 12+ companies since 2021, raising $14B+
More than 600 Google employees, including many from DeepMind, sign a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding he bar the DOD from using Google's AI for classified work
“The only way to guarantee that Google does not become associated with such harms is to reject any classified workloads. Otherwise, such uses may occur without our knowledge or the power to stop them...
More than 600 Google employees, including many from DeepMind, sign a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding he bar the DOD from using Google's AI for classified work
“We want to see AI benefit humanity; not to see it being used in inhumane or extremely harmful ways,” Google employees wrote. — Summary
Core Automation, co-founded by ex-OpenAI VP Jerry Tworek, launches to build “the world's most automated AI lab” with talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind
Core Automation, co-founded by ex-OpenAI VP Jerry Tworek, launches to build “the world's most automated AI lab” with talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepMind
- A new AI startup, Core Automation, has entered the chat. — Started by an ex-OpenAI researcher, it has …