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Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind is Alphabet's AI research lab, formed from the 2023 merger of DeepMind and Google Brain, that develops the Gemini family of models.

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What it does

Google DeepMind is Alphabet's AI research lab, formed from the 2023 merger of DeepMind and Google Brain, that develops the Gemini family of models.

Why it matters

Gemini models compete directly with OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude for frontier AI capability and are integrated across Google Search, Google Cloud and consumer products.

How it makes money

DeepMind does not sell products directly; its models generate revenue for parent Alphabet through Google Cloud API access, Gemini subscriptions and integration into Google's core products.

Geography

United Kingdom (London), operating as part of Alphabet Inc. (United States)

AI stack position

Foundation models and AI laboratories. The organizations actually building the AI models themselves, like the systems behind ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. This is the most crowded, fastest-moving layer of the AI economy right now.

Connections (7)

Every connection below is tied to a readable source, date, classification and statement of its limits. A company source establishes what that company stated; it does not necessarily provide independent confirmation.

Current relationships (5)

Yaskawa Electric runs AI models from Google DeepMind
Uses technology fromCurrent
Yaskawa said its MOTOMAN NEXT AI robot runs Google DeepMind's Gemini Robotics ER 1.6 model, letting an operator give an instruction such as asking the robot to sort parts and have it plan and carry out the task.

Source: 2026-07-15 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Yaskawa's own release. It does not establish how many MOTOMAN NEXT units ship with the model, what Yaskawa pays Google, whether the arrangement is exclusive, or that customers are running it in production.

MOTOMAN NEXT AI Robot's Agentic Robot System Powered by Gemini Robotics ↗
Apptronik builds robots with Google DeepMind
Co-develops withCurrent
Apptronik said it has a strategic partnership with Google DeepMind to build the next generation of humanoid robots, powered by Gemini Robotics.

Source: 2026-02-11 · reviewed 2026-09-24

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Apptronik's own release. It does not establish which Apollo units run Gemini Robotics models, what Apptronik pays, whether the arrangement is exclusive, or how long it runs.

Apptronik Closes Over $935 Million Series A ↗
Waymo built its driving simulator on Google DeepMind
Uses technology fromCurrent
Waymo built its 'Waymo World Model' driving-simulation system on top of Google DeepMind's Genie 3 general-purpose world model, adapting its 2D video-based world knowledge into 3D lidar outputs for Waymo's hardware, per Waymo's own blog post.

Source: 2026-02-07 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Active as of announcement

Limits: Confirms technology adaptation for simulation use; does not establish this as a formal commercial partnership, licensing fee, or use of Genie 3 in Waymo's live on-road driving system.

The Waymo World Model: A New Frontier For Autonomous Driving Simulation ↗
Google DeepMind trains models on Google Cloud's TPU infrastructure Google (Alphabet subsidiary)
Uses technology fromCurrent
Google's own infrastructure teams describe Gemini models as trained and served on Google Cloud's custom Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) hardware.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Primary-source statement · Reported operating

Limits: Does not establish exclusivity of TPU use, the exact scale of infrastructure dedicated to Gemini, or any commercial payment flow between the two entities.

Our eighth generation TPUs: two chips for the agentic era ↗
Isomorphic Labs builds on AlphaFold research from Google DeepMind
Uses technology fromCurrent
Isomorphic Labs was spun out of Google DeepMind in 2021 and continues to build its drug-design models on AlphaFold-descended protein-structure-prediction technology developed at DeepMind.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Active technology lineage

Limits: Confirms the technology lineage and spin-out relationship; does not disclose current data-sharing arrangements or IP licensing terms between the two entities.

Isomorphic Labs ↗

Comparisons (2)

Google DeepMind competes with OpenAI
Competes withComparison only
Reporting describes Google DeepMind's Gemini models as competing with OpenAI and Anthropic for frontier AI model performance and market position.

Source: 2026-08-12 · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Reflects overlapping product categories and press characterization, not a market-share or revenue comparison.

Google DeepMind: Koray Kavukcuoglu takes over in frontier AI push ↗
Alibaba Group competes with Google DeepMind
Competes withComparison only
Alibaba's Qwen model family and Google DeepMind's Gemini model family are both general-purpose large language models offered to overlapping developer and enterprise markets.

Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-20

Evidence: Analytical comparison · Reported operating

Limits: Reflects overlapping product categories, not a claim from either company about the other, and does not indicate relative market share.

Alibaba unveils new Qwen model, custom chips in bid to become China's AI factory ↗
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Gemini — Google DeepMind ↗
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