Hassabis: Bestselling AI-assisted apps and games will precede full automation
Demis Hassabis · Demis Hassabis: Agents, AGI & The Next Big Scientific Breakthrough · Y Combinator · Apr 29, 2026 · at 18:09
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, discusses the progression of AI agents and human-in-the-loop workflows with YC's Garry Tan.
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“Games companies or, you know, other types of companies that have built some kind of best selling app, best selling game using these tools. That's what you should see first. And then more of that will get automated.”
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