Reports Say Hassabis Sought DeepMind Exit With Jeff Dean
Industry sources claim management blocked his exit to avoid a stock drop.
Multiple posts quote Pathfounders claiming Demis Hassabis tried to leave Google alongside Jeff Dean. The same sources say Alphabet management refused over fears the announcement would hurt the share price, which later fell five percent after related news. As a compromise Hassabis accepted a chair role instead of departing. The reports add that he is now expected to leave within a year. All details trace to unnamed industry sources cited by Pathfounders and repeated across X accounts including @firstadopter and @Meer_AIIT. No direct statement from Hassabis or Google appears in the packet.
"Pathfounders has learned from industry sources that Hassabis wanted to leave at the same time as Dean, but Google management felt the news would cause a collapse in its share price. Indeed, Google’s stock fell 5 per cent following the announcement above. Instead, Hassabis was…
Pathfounders Newsletter: Our Sources say Hassabis wants out https://pathfounders.com/p/pathfounders-newsletter-our-sources-say-hassabis-wants-out
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Chubby♨️@kimmonismusIf this turns out to be true, the situation is much worse than expected. According to pathfounders, Demis Hassabis actually wanted to leave along side Dean, but was convinced to stay because google was scared their stocks would crash (which would probably be true).
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AC Andrew Curran@AndrewCurran_@firstadopter I assume he would go straight to Isomorphic, it seems to be what he actually wants to do.
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M| Meer | AI Tools & News@Meer_AIITaccording to Pathfounders "Hassabis will have left Google within a year." Demis Hassabis reportedly wanted to leave google entirely at the same time as jeff dean. > according to pathfounders' sources google management blocked it fearing the stock would collapse. > the chair…
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M| Meer | AI Tools & News@Meer_AIITaccording to Pathfounders "Hassabis will have left Google within a year." Demis Hassabis reportedly wanted to leave google entirely at the same time as jeff dean. > according to pathfounders' sources google management blocked it fearing the stock would collapse. > the chair…
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AK Andreas Kirsch 🇺🇦@BlackHCAnother interesting read. If this is true, I hope we'll eventually here what happened in a sequel to The Infinity Machine one day 🤞 (assuming AGI/ASI goes well 😅)
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CH Chubby♨️@kimmonismusThis is truly the worst possible sign. I'm careful with my words, but if even Demis Hassabis saw no future for himself at Google, it unfortunately points to the worst-case scenario.
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