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What rose from the ashes of DeepMind Alberta - The Logic

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EDMONTON — On a Friday morning in January 2023, Alex Kearney, a research scientist at DeepMind Alberta, was checking her emails when she saw the bad news. It was the day of her doctoral defence and parent company Google had just told staff that it planned to lay off 12,000 people. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warned Kearney and other staff at the AI unit that they’d see changes, too. Later that day, she celebrated her new PhD with colleagues from school and work. The following Monday, her dream job disappeared. DeepMind’s arrival in Alberta put it on the AI map. When it left, some feared it would be a major blow to the province’s ambitions in the sector. It wasn’t. Gift Share EDMONTON — On a Friday morning in January 2023, Alex Kearney, a research scientist at DeepMind Alberta, was checking her emails when she saw the bad news. It was the day of her doctoral defence and parent company Google had just told staff that it planned to lay off 12,000 people. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis warned

What rose from the ashes of DeepMind Alberta - The Logic Skip to content Canada's Business and Tech Newsroom Professional Subscription Partnerships & Advertising Licensing & Syndication Log In Subscribe Welcome, My Account Log Out Even after the departure of Google-owned DeepMind, Edmonton continues to have an outsized impact on artificial intelligence research. Photo: Larry Wong for The Logic Sep 23, 2025 A A A Small A Medium A Large --> Share Gift Share EDMONTON — On a Friday morning in January 2023, Alex Kearney, a research scientist at DeepMind Alberta, was checking her emai

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