CEO of Microsoft AI · Co-founder of DeepMindCEO of Microsoft AI · Co-founder of DeepMind
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Born 1984 in London to a Syrian-born cab driver father and English nurse mother. Dropped out of Oxford at 19. Before AI, co-founded a telephone counseling service and worked as a policy officer at the Mayor of London's office. Co-founded DeepMind (2010) with Hassabis and Legg, leading the applied AI division. After DeepMind was acquired by Google, moved to a VP role at Google. Founded Inflection AI in 2022, creating the Pi chatbot. In 2024, Microsoft hired Suleyman and most of Inflection's team in a $650M deal, making him CEO of Microsoft AI. Published 'The Coming Wave' (2023), a book on AI risks.
Born 1984 in London to a Syrian-born cab driver father and English nurse mother. Dropped out of Oxford at 19. Before AI, co-founded a telephone counseling service and worked as a policy officer at the Mayor of London's office. Co-founded DeepMind (2010) with Hassabis and Legg, leading the applied AI division. After DeepMind was acquired by Google, moved to a VP role at Google. Founded Inflection AI in 2022, creating the Pi chatbot. In 2024, Microsoft hired Suleyman and most of Inflection's team in a $650M deal, making him CEO of Microsoft AI. Published 'The Coming Wave' (2023), a book on AI risks.