Hassabis Speaks Monetization

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis faces no immediate monetization pressure per a new Sebastian Mallaby book, which also reveals he chose Google over Meta in 2014 and later tried unsuccessfully to spin out DeepMind. Meanwhile, Alphabet guided $175–185B in 2026 capex for AI, Anthropic reported $19B+ annualized revenue, and xAI merged into SpaceX.