Demis Hassabis Had Reportedly Been Plotting to Leave His DeepMind CEO Job for a Year
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Founder-scientists rotating out of operator roles is a reminder that frontier labs are maturing into institutional structures, not founder cults. If your roadmap or BD depends on a single lab personality, rebalance toward formal partnerships and product-level integration instead.
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