Episode 14 | Mehdi Ghissassi, Chief Product and Technology Officer at AI71

In this episode of the Benevolent Disruptors Interview Series Benevolent we were joined by Mehdi Ghisassi pioneer of product at Google DeepMind, the first PM on Google Gemini and now spinning out AI71 where he helps governments and companies build their own AI stacks.  Throughout our conversation we cover: An end of an era for protected research sanctuaries inside Big Tech - how DeepMind proved that if you give brilliant researchers and engineers an ambitious goal and real resources extraordinary progress can follow.  The premium of the DeepMind Diaspora - how concentration of talent has dissipated into new ventures from Mistral, to Frontier AI labs, to Orbital Materials Unreaslist expectations around sovereign AI - Governments and enterprises talk about it constantly, but full sovereignty isn't realistic for anyone. The more useful question is which parts of the stack do you build vs buy? 👉 Learn more at  https://www.benevolentdisruptors.com/