Demis Hassabis

Sir
Demis Hassabis
CBE FRS FREng FRSA
Sir Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA
	Hassabis in 2024
Born	27 July 1976; London, England, UK
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (MA); University College London (PhD);
Known for	DeepMind; AlphaGo; AlphaFold;
Spouse	Teresa Niccoli
Awards	Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (2023); Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2023); Canada Gairdner International Award (2023); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2024);
	Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience; Computer science; Artificial intelligence;
Institutions	University College London (2009–2012); DeepMind (2010–present); Isomorphic Labs (2021–present);
Thesis	Neural Processes Underpinning Episodic Memory (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Eleanor Maguire
	Chess career
Country	England
Title	Candidate Master
Years active	1988–2019
FIDE rating	2220 (March 2019)
Peak rating	2300 (January 1990)

Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Adviser. In 2024, Hassabis and John M. Jumper were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their AI research contributions for protein structure prediction.

Hassabis is a Fellow of the Royal Society and has won awards for his research efforts, including the Breakthrough Prize, the Canada Gairdner International Award and the Lasker Award. He was appointed a CBE in 2017, and knighted in 2024 for his work on AI. He was also listed among the Time 100 most influential people in the world in 2017 and 2025, and was one of the "Architects of AI" collectively chosen as Time's 2025 Person of the Year.