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Deepmind

Within Google
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Pocket Frontier labs

Alphabet subsidiary — parent-directed, cannot independently raise; same capital pool as google (don't double-count). Distinct science-rigor culture, frontier-facing, more research freedom than the capital.

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Posture high
expanding 2 src →
Capital · available high
Alphabet-scale — parent commands $403B revenue / $132B net income (2025) + an $80B AI equity raise (Jun-2026); DeepMind's OWN operating revenue only ~£1.33B 3 src →
Capital · operating high
DeepMind standalone: £1.33B revenue, £217M operating income, £174M net income (FY2024, Companies House); ~6,000 staff 2 src →
Capital · deployed med
part of Alphabet's ~$650B-collective-cohort 2026 AI capex (parent-directed, not DeepMind-specific line item) 1 src →
Capital · in high
no independent inflows — funded entirely by Alphabet parent; DeepMind cannot raise capital independently 1 src →
Capital · out low
R&D spend consolidated inside Alphabet; Gemini serving/inference costs embedded across products — not separately disclosed 1 src →
Optionality high
constrained — parent-directed, cannot independently raise capital; more research freedom than the capital, but the capital is Alphabet's 1 src →
Gravity med
~$58.7B/yr GROSS Google Cloud revenue (2025) + Gemini embedded across Search/Workspace/Android 2 src →

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