Demis Hassabis: We're three quarters of the way to AGI
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| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Speaker | Demis Hassabis × Konstantine Buhler |
| Channel | Sequoia Capital |
| Date | Apr 29, 2026 |
| Duration | 26:51 |
| Format | Video |
| Topics | #founder-topic · #reasoning · #llm |
Why it matters
DeepMind CEO and Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis at Sequoia AI Ascent 2026: why AGI is achievable by 2030, why drug discovery could collapse from ten years to days, and why information — not matter or energy — is the most fundamental substance in the universe. In 26 minutes, the man who made 'accelerating science' his mission lays out the conviction he spent 20 years validating.
Key takeaways
- AGI timeline: achievable before 2030 — 'we're three quarters of the way there'.
- Drug discovery revolution: AI will compress target identification to drug candidate from ten years to days.
- Information as the most fundamental entity: more basic than matter and energy — the philosophical starting point for understanding intelligence.
- Next milestone after AlphaFold: from protein structure to cell simulation to the virtual cell.
- 'Scientific discovery itself can be accelerated' — the core bet behind DeepMind's business model.
Original video
- Speaker
- Demis Hassabis × Konstantine Buhler
- Channel
- Sequoia Capital
- Venue
- Sequoia Capital AI Ascent 2026
- Date · Duration
- Apr 29, 2026 · 26:51
Demis Hassabis: We're Three Quarters of the Way to AGI
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