# Hassabis to become Google DeepMind chairman, Jeff Dean departs to start new venture 2026-08-05T23:11:55+00:00 | Business & Economy | Indian Opinion Desk NDTV Profit reported that Demis Hassabis is stepping down as chief executive of Google DeepMind to become its chairman, will be Alphabet's chief scientist and will continue as chief executive of Isomorphic Labs. Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai, in a companywide memo cited by Reuters, said he and Hassabis had long been discussing a role that would let Hassabis give his full attention to shaping the future of AGI. Koray Kavukcuoglu becomes DeepMind's vice president, reporting to Hassabis. Separately, Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving, along with researchers Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals and Quoc Le, to found a startup called Discovery Loop focused on AI-related scientific discovery, Dean telling the New York Times the group might make decisions not purely in a company's financial interest. The report does not establish whether the two leadership changes are connected, and follows earlier reports of delays to Google's Gemini model. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Pichai's memo accounts for Hassabis's move and Dean's own comments for his, and the report does not confirm any link between the two despite their proximity in timing. Hassabis's own description of AGI as close at hand is his stated view, not an independently verified claim. Google's next Gemini release, delayed from a June launch, is the dated item the report leaves ahead. ## Coverage - www.ndtvprofit.com Tags: Demis Hassabis, Google DeepMind Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/demis-hassabis-to-step-down-as-google-deepmind-ceo-chief-scientist-jeff-dean-departs/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/demis-hassabis-to-step-down-as-google-deepmind-ceo-chief-scientist-jeff-dean-departs/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.