When we set up our headquarters in London in 2010, we wanted to make DeepMind the best possible place to do cutting-edge AI research. We also wanted to help the wider AI community grow - publishing peer-reviewed papers (over 180 to date, and counting!) and sharing our insights to advance the field, supporting our staff to teach at local universities, and working with schools and NGOs to foster the next generation of scientists.

Alongside enjoying the chance to support the UK’s scientific success, we’ve benefited a lot from the cultural influence of being in such a diverse and open city. AI needs to be developed with thoughtful consideration of the different needs of society, and - as much as any one city can provide that context - a multicultural capital like London, my hometown, is a great place to be.

So, I’m excited to announce that we’ve decided to open our first lab in continental Europe, in another of the world’s great cultural and scientific capitals: Paris. And I’m doubly excited that Remi Munos, one of DeepMind’s principal research scientists, author of 150 research papers, and former professor at École Polytechnique will be returning home to France to lead this new lab.