THE Sir Demis Hasampis, the Greek Cypriot-born founder Google DeepMind, was one of the first investors in Anthropic, a participation that had not been revealed to date and highlights the increasing influence of the Nobel Prize winner on the artificial intelligence industry.
persons who are aware of the matter and who rely on the Financial Times, The Court held that the Butcher was an "angel" investor in Anthropic, which has since developed into a key player in the AI field and one of the fastest growing newcomers worldwide.
The Google, separately, He's invested billions of dollars. in Anthropic as part of its cooperation with the company in the field of cloud And AI. The head of Anthropic, Dario Amonday, considers the Hasab In the case of persons close to the company, which was recently assessed by investors in $900 billion.
The news of this investment comes at the time that former researchers of DeepMind have gone on to establish over 12 companies in the last five years, gathering at least 14 billion dollars, according to PitchBook and Dealroom data. These include British Isomorphic Labs and Ineffable Intelligence, also founded by Hashabis, who together gathered over $3 billion Last month by investors.
The Hasampis, who sold the AI lab he had in London in Google for £400 million In 2014, he is also an investor ‘angel’ in companies that established his former associates.
Among them is Inflation AI, launched by DeepMind co-founder, Mustafa Suleiman, before joining Microsoft in 2024, and Ineffable Intelligence, founded by his long-term partner, David SilverAt the same time, senior DeepMind executives have moved to key positions on Google, as the company seeks to strengthen its activities in AI.
"Demis has huge 'mild' influence on Google and beyond", stated the Matt Clifford, a long-term collaborator of Hasampis and co-founder of the business accelerator Entrepreneurs First, in which the Nobel Prize winner is also an investor. "He was a pioneer before it became clear what AI is, and the availability of funds for his apprentices is impressive. This is an important factor in what is happening today."