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Demis Hassabis thanked Konstantine Buhler and Sequoia for a “fun and…
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Demis Hassabis thanked Konstantine Buhler and Sequoia on 2026-05-02 after a 'fun and wide-ranging' fireside chat, praising the final question with 'von Neumann FTW.' Sequoia AI Ascent hosted Hassabis and his Google DeepMind team and shared a timestamped video covering games as AI training, founding DeepMind, AGI, AI for science, biology breakthroughs, new sciences and philosophy.
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Demis Hassabis thanked Konstantine Buhler and Sequoia for a “fun and wide-ranging” fireside chat on 2026-05-02 and singled out the final question with “von Neumann FTW.”
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- Sequoia AI Ascent hosted Hassabis and his Google DeepMind team and published a timestamped video (permission granted) with sections: 00:00 Intro; 00:38 The Common Thread; 01:29 Games as AI Training; 02:59 Startup Advice 1.0; 04:39 Founding DeepMind; 07:25 DeepMind and AGI; 08:52 AI for Science; 10:37 Biology Breakthroughs and Isomorphic; 12:42 New Sciences; 20:29 Philosophy.
- Konstantine described Hassabis as having “a mind for synthesis,” a favorite book about a grand theory of everything, preferred philosophers seen as opposites, and a life’s work “ranging from board games to Nobel-winning science.”