"Former Google DeepMind employees have founded 37 startups in the UK and Europe in the past 12 months, according to data from founder intelligence platform Evertrace. In total, 112 DeepMind alumni have launched a startup since Q2 2025, with 70 of these based in the United States, 28 in the United Kingdom, three in Spain, two in Switzerland, two in Germany, one in Austria, and one in Poland."
"At a time when the EU has a reputation for hampering innovation via perceived over-regulation, and when the UK is being described as the ' sick man ' of Europe, the significant percentage of DeepMind-linked startups being founded in the continent may come as a welcome sign of growth. And at a time when legal proceedings between OpenAI's co-founders have revealed that Elon Musk had a consuming fear that DeepMind would end up dominating the AI industry, it highlights just how fertile Google's research lab is as an incubator of emerging tech talent."
"Recent weeks have already provided some fairly strong signs of the health of Europe's tech sector, including the news that the total value of VC deals in Europe in Q1 topped $25.7 billion. This was its highest level since 2022, yet the UK and Europe have every chance of surpassing this figure in Q2, at least judging by some of the funding rounds that have been completed since the beginning of April."
"One of the biggest of these was closed by Ineffable Intelligence, which came out of stealth last month to break Europe's record for a seed funding round, raising $1.1 billion. Ineffable was founded by David Silver, who up until a few weeks ago worked at Google DeepMind, where he led research into reinforcement learning. Ineffable will build on this research to develop frontier AIs that ar"
Former Google DeepMind employees have founded 37 startups in the UK and Europe over the past 12 months, based on data from Evertrace. Since Q2 2025, 112 DeepMind alumni have launched startups, with 70 in the United States and 28 in the United Kingdom, plus smaller numbers in Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Poland. The concentration in Europe is presented as a positive sign amid concerns about regulation and weaker regional performance. Recent VC activity in Europe supports the growth narrative, with Q1 deal value exceeding $25.7 billion. Ineffable Intelligence, founded by David Silver, raised $1.1 billion in a record seed round and plans to build frontier AI systems using reinforcement learning research.
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