Thore Graepel, a veteran of Google's AlphaGo team, has left Google DeepMind to start a robotics company. His plan: bring AlphaGo-style reasoning into the physical world, so robots can plan and act on their own in uncertain environments.
Graepel joined DeepMind in 2015 and worked on AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and MuZero. He moved to Altos Labs in 2021, then returned to DeepMind's post-AGI team in 2025. The name of his new company, its funding, and any co-founders haven't been disclosed.