Thomas Kipf, creator of graph neural networks, leaves Google DeepMind after 10 years
tkipf · x · 2026-10-29
Thomas Kipf, best known for pioneering graph neural networks, is leaving Google DeepMind after 10 years.
He recalls receiving his GDM offer in 2016 and shortly after watching AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol — confirmation he'd made the right choice. During his tenure he worked on graph neural nets, program synthesis, language models, and more.
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