DeepMind
DeepMind collaborates with academic institutions including Oxford on research projects and talent.
Epistemic Overview
A leading AI research lab, now part of Google, which maintains strong ties with the academic community, including Oxford.
Founded
2010
Director / President
Demis Hassabis (co-founder)
Category
Corporate Partner
Website
https://deepmind.google/Research Domains
Timeline
2010
DeepMind is founded in London by Demis Hassabis, Shane Legg, and Mustafa Suleyman.
2014
DeepMind is acquired by Google. Several key researchers are Oxford alumni or maintain affiliations.
2015
DeepMind begins funding scholarships for underrepresented students for Master's degrees in ML at Oxford.
Mar 2016
DeepMind's 'AlphaGo' defeats world champion Lee Sedol in Seoul, a landmark moment for AI.
2018
DeepMind's 'AlphaFold' makes a breakthrough in protein structure prediction at the CASP13 competition.
Jul 2021
DeepMind publishes the 'AlphaFold 2' paper and database, effectively solving the protein folding problem.
Apr 2023
DeepMind and Google's 'Brain' team are merged to form 'Google DeepMind'.
Jul 2025
Hertford College, Oxford, holds an event celebrating 10 years of DeepMind scholarships.
Influential Papers / Notable Research
AlphaFold: AI system that predicted the 3D structure of proteins, solving a 50-year-old grand challenge in biology.
AlphaGo / AlphaZero: AI systems that mastered the games of Go, chess, and shogi, surpassing human champions.
Gato: A 'generalist agent' that can perform a wide variety of tasks (play games, chat, control a robot arm).