# DeepMind AlphaFold dissolution and AI reshuffle > Live situation record from CLSTR: https://clstr.news/situations/deepmind-alphafold-team-dissolution > Updated: 2026-08-05T12:00:17.000Z. Sources: 109. Developments: 3. Following the July 2026 dissolution of DeepMind’s AlphaFold team, Alphabet carried out a sweeping AI leadership reshuffle in early August. Demis Hassabis stepped down as DeepMind CEO, becoming chair of DeepMind and Alphabet’s chief scientist while continuing to lead Isomorphic Labs. Koray Kavukcuoglu was promoted to senior vice‑president of DeepMind, taking charge of Gemini model development, the Gemini app and developer teams, reporting to Sundar Pichai. Jeff Dean departed after 27 years to co‑found the public‑benefit corporation Discovery Loop with Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals and Quoc Le; Alphabet will be a founding investor and cloud partner. Discovery Loop aims to automate scientific experimentation and later expand into drug discovery and clean‑energy hardware. The Gemini flagship model launch, originally slated for June, remains delayed, and Alphabet’s shares fell 4‑5 % on the announcement. Hassabis cited the approaching arrival of artificial general intelligence as a key driver for his new strategic role. ## Claims - Koray Kavukcuoglu was promoted to senior vice president of Google DeepMind, overseeing Gemini development and reporting to Sundar Pichai. (corroborated by 31 sources) - Jeff Dean left Google after 27 years to co‑found Discovery Loop, a public‑benefit corporation. (corroborated by 27 sources) - Alphabet shares fell about 4‑5 % after the AI leadership reshuffle announcement. (corroborated by 27 sources) - Discovery Loop will be co‑founded by Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, Quoc Le, with Alphabet as a founding investor and cloud partner. (corroborated by 25 sources) - The Gemini model launch has been delayed beyond its planned June release. (corroborated by 25 sources) - Demis Hassabis cited the proximity of artificial general intelligence (AGI) as the reason for his role change. (corroborated by 24 sources) - Demis Hassabis will become Chair of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet. (corroborated by 23 sources) - The Gemini app has reached roughly 950 million monthly active users. (corroborated by 21 sources) ## Timeline ### 2026-08-05: Alphabet names Demis Hassabis chief scientist in DeepMind leadership overhaul Alphabet reshuffles AI leadership: Demis Hassabis becomes chief scientist, Koray Kavukcuoglu promoted, Jeff Dean exits to start Discovery Loop; shares drop 4‑5% and Gemini launch delayed. 92 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/google-ai-reshuffle-deepmind-chief-becomes-alphabet-chief-scientist ### 2026-07-31: Google DeepMind disbands AlphaFold team to prioritize Gemini AI Google DeepMind ends its AlphaFold team, redirecting staff to the Gemini AI model and related genomics projects, marking a shift from specialized to broad‑scope AI research. 3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/google-deepmind-disbands-alphafold-team-to-prioritize-gemini-ai ### 2026-07-29: Alphabet’s DeepMind dissolves AlphaFold team, pivots to Gemini Alphabet’s DeepMind has dissolved the Nobel‑winning AlphaFold team, reassigning most researchers to Gemini and related projects, while about 25% have left, including John Jumper to Anthropic; AlphaFold’s data & 16 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/alphabet-disbands-alphafold-team-shifts-researchers-to-gemini --- Cite as: DeepMind AlphaFold dissolution and AI reshuffle. CLSTR, https://clstr.news/situations/deepmind-alphafold-team-dissolution