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The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of

Name: The Most Important Founder You've Never Heard Of
Uploaded: 2026-01-19
Duration: 57 min 53 s
Description: Sam and Shaan profile Demis Hassabis (DeepMind): the move-37 moment from AlphaGo, DeepMind's pivot into protein folding (AlphaFold), and Hassabis's framing that resourcefulness is the only resource that matters. They argue AGI is on a near-term path and that today's incumbents are 'the gorillas' who will be disrupted.

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Sam and Shaan profile Demis Hassabis (DeepMind): the move-37 moment from AlphaGo, DeepMind's pivot into protein folding (AlphaFold), and Hassabis's framing that resourcefulness is the only resource that matters. They argue AGI is on a near-term path and that today's incumbents are 'the gorillas' who will be disrupted.