AI lab · updated 22 October 2026
Is Google DeepMind winning the AI race?
Not right now. Google DeepMind is #3 of 10 on the AI Race index, 4.6 points behind the leader, Meta.
#3 89.7 −0.1 in 24h
Google DeepMind at a glance
- Flagship model
- Gemini 4 Argon, released 2026-09
- Based in
- London, UK · Mountain View, US
- Valuation
- Part of Alphabet · market cap ≈ $4.15T, 16 Oct 2026
- Attention, 24h
- 55/100 · 55 stories, 2 HN points (not counted in the index)
A research powerhouse sitting on the deepest compute moat on Earth.
What the score is made of
| Component | Weight | DeepMind |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 55% | 91.0 |
| Release velocity | 25% | 79.5 |
| Compute & capital | 20% | 99.0 |
The index is a 7-day average. Capability comes from the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index and LMArena, release velocity from model launches on OpenRouter, and capital from valuations or market caps. News attention is shown but never counted. How the index works.
Latest Google DeepMind models
- Gemini 4 Argon · 13 October 2026
- Nano Banana 2.1 · 6 October 2026
- Gemini 3.8 Flash · 2 September 2026
- Gemini 3.7 Flash · 13 August 2026
- Gemini 3.6 Flash · 21 July 2026
Google DeepMind in the news
- AI and the Future of Learning | Google DeepMind’s Lila Ibrahim | Corner Office Conversation · The Economic Times
- Demis Hassabis Says We're Just 2–3 Years Away From AGI: Here's What That Means? · Mashable India
- Cognizant assigns more than 18,000 to build on Google Gemini · NewsBytes
- Hassabis Cuts AGI Window to Two to Three Years While Safety Isn’t Ready · Tech Times
- Cognizant is putting 18,000 engineers behind Google Gemini: What they will build and why · Livemint
- People Power Party Uses Gemini Against President · 조선일보
- Its Soon: AI Mastermind Demis Hassabis Now Expects AGI Within Three Years · Free Press Journal
- Google DeepMind Hosts AI Film Challenge for 15 Teams · SoaplandTV
How Google DeepMind compares
| # | Lab | Index | 24h | Flagship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meta | 94.3 | −0.1 | Muse Wonder |
| 2 | Anthropic | 91.6 | −0.1 | Claude Opus 5.5 |
| 3 | Google DeepMind | 89.7 | −0.1 | Gemini 4 Argon |
| 4 | Alibaba Qwen | 80.6 | −0.1 | Qwen3.8-Max |
| 5 | OpenAI | 80.4 | ±0.0 | GPT-6 Astra |
| 6 | DeepSeek | 73.8 | −0.1 | DeepSeek V4.1-Flash |
| 7 | xAI | 70.8 | −0.1 | Grok 4.7 |
| 8 | Moonshot AI | 58.8 | ±0.0 | Kimi K3 |
| 9 | Mistral AI | 56.5 | ±0.0 | Mistral Large 4 |
| 10 | Apple | 50.1 | ±0.0 | Siri AI (iOS 27) |
Head to head: OpenAI vs Google DeepMind · Anthropic vs Google DeepMind · Google DeepMind vs Meta · Google DeepMind vs xAI