Report: DeepMind Founder Hassabis Wanted to Leave, Persuaded to Stay to Prevent Stock Plunge
karmicoder · x · 2026-08-08
According to a report by Pathfounders, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis wanted to leave alongside Jeff Dean during recent leadership changes. However, Google management persuaded him to transition to a Chairman role instead, fearing his departure would cause a collapse in the stock price, which had already fallen 5% following previous announcements.
Related event: Report: Hassabis Planned to Leave Google, Retained Over Stock Crash Fears(12 posts)→
More from Companies & People
- US universities go on an AI philosopher hiring spree as philosophy departments add tenure-track AI roles — AnnaCiaunica · 2026-10-16
- NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz Expand Partnership on Next-Gen Automated Driving — nvidia · 2026-10-16
- Ex-Amazon Engineer: AI Has Killed Bezos's Six-Page Memo Culture — bibryam · 2026-10-16
- DHH's Omarchy Shenzhen Meetup Draws 400+ With Demos on Xiaomi, ARM and iPhone Ports — LoganGrasby · 2026-10-16
- Richard Zach's free 267-page metalogic textbook joins the open textbook collection — burkov · 2026-10-16
- Linus Torvalds slams 'don't use AI' rules: it's like banning compilers for kernel code — G0dZylla · 2026-10-16