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‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
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Interview
September 24, 2026
‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech
Kohl left DeepMind three years ago to launch Latent Labs, an AI lab dedicated to drug design and discovery
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Inside London's weirdest neolab
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September 18, 2026
Inside London's weirdest neolab
Inherent was founded by DeepMind alumni and has been backed with $50m from Index and Radical
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
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Founder factories
September 9, 2026
The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe
Google’s AI lab has had a big impact on the tech world, with countless staff branching out to launch their own ventures
Tom Nugent
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
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September 9, 2026
Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups
Lausanne-based founders of Fusionality targeting sector of massive investment
Éanna Kelly
Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture
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September 7, 2026
Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture
We need to fundamentally redesign AI, Graepel says
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
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September 4, 2026
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
Sifre was the last of five cofounders left working at the company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules
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August 18, 2026
UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules
Pressure is mounting on the UK government to make garden leave optional for employees
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
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August 12, 2026
Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab
Six other DeepMind alumni have joined the company
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Freya Pratty
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
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Analysis
August 10, 2026
DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions
Google’s AI reshuffle could weaken a key pillar of Britain’s startup ecosystem, experts say — but it may be a gift for the country’s talent-hungry neolabs
Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK
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Sifted View
August 10, 2026
DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK
It remains unclear what this reshuffle means for London as an AI centre
John Thornhill
Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise
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July 1, 2026
Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise
Govtech is trendy now, say the team behind Xylo, which provides AI agents for planning officers
Freya Pratty
DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round
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June 24, 2026
DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round
Acumino builds robot models for dexterous tasks in industrial automation and is looking to scale the number of deployments it has with customers
Tom Nugent
Google DeepMind chose these startups for its first robotics accelerator
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List
June 10, 2026
Google DeepMind chose these startups for its first robotics accelerator
The companies will get three months of mentorship and technical support building AI into their core products
Tom Nugent
London's AI talent war heats up as Cursor, Legora and Lovable expand
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Analysis
June 10, 2026
London's AI talent war heats up as Cursor, Legora and Lovable expand
Influx of foreign AI companies poses risks to homegrown startups’ recruitment efforts
Martin Coulter
Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent
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May 29, 2026
Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent
London-based Inherent has recruited Entrepreneurs First cofounder Matt Clifford as an adviser
Martin Coulter
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1bn
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May 12, 2026
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1bn
The UK’s Sovereign AI fund has backed the company
Freya Pratty
Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom
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March 27, 2026
Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom
A cohort of deeptech spinouts has investors hunting for deals in the historic UK city
Tom Nugent
Ex-DeepMind scientist seeks $1bn for ‘superhuman intelligence’ startup
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February 18, 2026
Ex-DeepMind scientist seeks $1bn for ‘superhuman intelligence’ startup
The new company Ineffable Intelligence's raise is reportedly being led by Sequoia Capital
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup
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January 12, 2026
Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup
New details on the buzzy startup's team formed by Meta’s former chief AI scientist to build world models
Anne Sraders and Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
UK recruits leaders from Balderton, DeepMind and Monzo to steer AI strategy
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November 21, 2025
UK recruits leaders from Balderton, DeepMind and Monzo to steer AI strategy
Monzo cofounder Tom Blomfield appointed one of three new AI ambassadors
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
DeepMind cuts academic donations as AI race heats up
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October 15, 2025
DeepMind cuts academic donations as AI race heats up
Cuts to research funding could have ‘significant impact’ on tech ecosystem
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Google AI chief Jeff Dean backs DeepMind alums aiming to crack the algorithm bottleneck
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September 17, 2025
Google AI chief Jeff Dean backs DeepMind alums aiming to crack the algorithm bottleneck
Cambridge-based Hiverge promises to make it easier and cheaper to train AI models
Tom Nugent
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs boss: ‘I get calls from investors every week’
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The big interview
August 13, 2025
DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs boss: ‘I get calls from investors every week’
Sifted sits down with president Colin Murdoch to discuss AI talent, commercialising DeepMind’s tech and future fundraising
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI
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April 14, 2025
Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI
Wonder, a creative studio which uses GenAI to make films, has raised $3m in pre-seed funding
Maya Dharampal-Hornby

# Google DeepMind

‘Pushing the frontier is best done outside’: DeepMind alum Simon Kohl on leaving Big Tech

Inside London's weirdest neolab

The DeepMind mafia building startups in Europe

Ex-Google DeepMind duo raise €3.2m to build software for fusion startups

Exclusive: DeepMind veteran Thore Graepel quits to pursue AI reasoning venture

Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft

UK government under pressure to change non-compete rules

Index in talks to lead $500m round for DeepMind researcher’s new AI lab

DeepMind shakeup tests UK’s AI ambitions

DeepMind’s future has become all the more critical for the UK

Exclusive: DeepMind and Gensyn angels back Xylo in £2.8m raise

DeepMind handpicked this startup for its robotics accelerator. Now it’s raised an $11.7m seed round

Google DeepMind chose these startups for its first robotics accelerator

London's AI talent war heats up as Cursor, Legora and Lovable expand

Ex-DeepMind researchers raise $50m for AI science startup Inherent

DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs raises $2.1bn

Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom

Ex-DeepMind scientist seeks $1bn for ‘superhuman intelligence’ startup

Yann LeCun poaches from Meta, Google DeepMind for new startup

UK recruits leaders from Balderton, DeepMind and Monzo to steer AI strategy

DeepMind cuts academic donations as AI race heats up

Google AI chief Jeff Dean backs DeepMind alums aiming to crack the algorithm bottleneck

DeepMind spinout Isomorphic Labs boss: ‘I get calls from investors every week’

Exclusive: ElevenLabs, OpenAI and DeepMind angels back startup that makes films with AI