The Google DeepMind Mafia — Dealroom

Alumni who left Google DeepMind and founded venture-backed startups. 68 startups spanning AI, enterprise software, robotics. 14 unicorns, 10 countries, $1.2T+ combined enterprise value. Notable names include OpenAI, xAI, Perplexity.

• 68 companies
• 14 unicorns ($1B+)
• $1.2T combined enterprise value
• 10 countries
• Founded 2015–2025

Companies

1. OpenAI

   Founder: Durk Kingma · Valuation: $852B · Founded 2015 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

2. xAI

   Founder: Igor Babuschkin · Valuation: $250B · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

3. Mistral AI

   Founder: Arthur Mensch · Valuation: $23.1B · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: Paris, France

4. Perplexity

   Founder: Aravind Srinivas · Valuation: $20B · Founded 2022 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

5. Harvey

   Founder: Gabriel Pereyra · Valuation: $15.5B · Founded 2022 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

6. Reflection AI

   Founder: Ioannis Antonoglou · Valuation: $8B · Founded 2024 · Sector: AI · HQ: New York City, United States

7. humans&

   Founder: Noah Goodman · Valuation: $4.5B · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

8. Ricursive Intelligence

   Founder: Anna Goldie · Valuation: $4B · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

9. Inflection AI

   Founder: Mustafa Suleyman · Valuation: $4B · Founded 2022 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

10. Generalist AI

    Founder: Andy Zeng · Valuation: $3B · Founded 2024 · Sector: robotics · HQ: San Mateo, United States

11. Sunday

    Founder: Tony Zhao · Valuation: $1.1B · Founded 2024 · Sector: robotics · HQ: Mountain View, United States

12. Reka AI

    Founder: Cyprien De Masson D'Autume · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2022 · Sector: AI · HQ: Sunnyvale, United States

13. Periodic Labs

    Founder: Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

14. Adept

    Founder: Erich Elsen · Valuation: $1B · Founded 2021 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

15. Inferact

    Founder: Woosuk Kwon · Valuation: $800M · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

16. Even

    Founder: Alessandro Davide Ialongo · Valuation: $300M · Founded 2020 · Sector: health · HQ: Bengaluru, India

17. Fetch.AI

    Founder: Toby Simpson · Valuation: $250M · Founded 2017 · Sector: AI · HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom

18. Latent Labs

    Founder: Simon Kohl · Valuation: $200M · Founded 2023 · Sector: health · HQ: London, United Kingdom

19. P-1 AI

    Founder: Aleksa Gordić · Valuation: $200M · Founded 2024 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: Henderson, United States

20. DatologyAI

    Founder: Ari Morcos · Valuation: $184M · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: Redwood City, United States

21. Mantic ai

    Founder: Toby Shevlane · Valuation: $90M · Founded 2024 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: London, United Kingdom

22. Artificial.Agency

    Founder: Michael Johanson · Valuation: $64M · Founded 2023 · Sector: gaming · HQ: Edmonton, Canada

23. Doji

    Founder: Jim Winkens · Valuation: $56M · Founded 2024 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: New York City, United States

24. Unreasonable Labs

    Founder: Yuan Cao · Valuation: $54M · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: Cambridge, United States

25. Attuned Intelligence

    Founder: Domenic Donato · Valuation: $52M · Founded 2024 · Sector: AI · HQ: Orlando, United States

26. Iconic

    Founder: Piotr Trochim · Valuation: $52M · Founded 2023 · Sector: gaming · HQ: London, United Kingdom

27. Finster AI

    Founder: Siddhant Jayakumar · Valuation: $48M · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: London, United Kingdom

28. Reliant AI

    Founder: Marc G. Bellemare · Valuation: $45M · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: Montreal, Canada

29. Dedalus Labs

    Founder: Windsor Nguyen · Valuation: $44M · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: San Francisco, United States

30. qeen.ai

    Founder: Morteza Ibrahimi · Valuation: $40M · Founded 2023 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

31. Udio

    Founder: Charlie Nash · Valuation: $40M · Founded 2023 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: New York City, United States

32. Uncharted Labs

    Founder: Charlie Nash · Valuation: $34M · Founded 2023 · Sector: AI · HQ: United States

33. Highlight

    Founder: Jay Khatri · Valuation: $32M · Founded 2020 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: Seattle, United States

34. SRE.ai

    Founder: Rajsekhar (Raj) Kadiyala · Valuation: $29M · Founded 2024 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: San Francisco, United States

35. Suvera

    Founder: Ivan Beckley · Valuation: $26M · Founded 2019 · Sector: health · HQ: London, United Kingdom

36. Hiverge

    Founder: Alhussein Fawzi · Valuation: $20M · Founded 2025 · Sector: AI · HQ: Cambridge, United Kingdom

37. Human Native AI

    Founder: James Smith · Valuation: $15M · Founded 2024 · Sector: AI · HQ: London, United Kingdom

38. Neuracore

    Founder: Stephen James · Valuation: $12M · Founded 2024 · Sector: robotics · HQ: London, United Kingdom

39. Tensorflight

    Founder: Zbigniew Wojna, PhD · Valuation: $8M · Founded 2016 · Sector: proptech · HQ: New York City, United States

40. Segments.ai

    Founder: Bert Brabandere · Valuation: $4M · Founded 2020 · Sector: robotics · HQ: Leuven, Belgium

41. Convergent Research

    Founder: Adam Marblestone · Founded 2021 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: Palo Alto, United States

42. Open Climate Fix

    Founder: Jack Kelly · Founded 2018 · Sector: enterprise software · HQ: London, United Kingdom

43. Daimon

    Founder: Ryan Benmalek · Founded 2022 · Sector: AI · HQ: New York City, United States

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