Demis Hassabis used his game studio as a 'Trojan horse' to fund AI research
airesearch12 · x · 2026-09-11
Demis Hassabis reveals that in the early '90s, when AI research was impossible to fund, he used his game company Elixir Studios as a 'Trojan horse' — game revenue quietly bankrolled his AI research ambitions. Commenters marvel that he saw this coming as a teenager and shaped his entire life accordingly.
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