--- title: Demis Hassabis Is on the 2025 TIME100 List description: Find out why Demis Hassabis is one of the 100 most influential people of 2025. canonical: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-03T02:28:53.481Z article:section: World og:title: Demis Hassabis: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 og:description: Find out why Demis Hassabis is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ff2e4606772557/6998c5d07323af41f82bc6e1/time100-2025-demis-hassabis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Demis Hassabis: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Demis Hassabis: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Demis Hassabis is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ff2e4606772557/6998c5d07323af41f82bc6e1/time100-2025-demis-hassabis.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 16, 2025 # Demis Hassabis ## Video: Demis Hassabis | TIME100 2025 [Watch (HLS stream): Demis Hassabis | TIME100 2025](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HNZP73Vf.m3u8) (1:21)  _Published 2025-04-16. Demis Hassabis is on the 2025 TIME100 list._ by Jennifer Doudna  Demis Hassabis photographed in London on Mar 18 Demis Hassabis photographed in London on Mar 18David Vintiner for TIME Demis Hassabis is reshaping [what’s possible in science](https://time.com/7277608/demis-hassabis-interview-time100-2025/ "undefined"). His work at [DeepMind](https://time.com/7012767/demis-hassabis/ "undefined")—most notably the development of AlphaFold, which earned him a share of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry—is already accelerating discoveries across biology and medicine. The ripple effects are real: labs around the world, including my own, are using his AI tools to tackle rare genetic diseases, antibiotic resistance, and even climate-driven challenges in agriculture. Demis brings a rare kind of mindset to biology, one shaped by deep study of neuroscience, cognition, and computation. He doesn’t just build powerful systems; he builds understanding. His approach reveals biology as a system of patterns we can read, predict, and eventually design for in ways that have never been previously possible. In our conversations, I’ve been struck by his clarity of vision and sense of responsibility. He’s building tools that don’t just help us understand life, but help us shape it wisely. The future of biology won’t be siloed—it will be collaborative, interdisciplinary, and deeply creative. Demis is helping us get there faster. _Doudna is a Nobel Prize–winning biochemist, the founder of the Innovative Genomics Institute, and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley_  Photograph by David Vintiner for TIME [_Order your copy of the 2025 TIME100 issue here_](https://magazineshop.us/products/time-100-most-influential-people-2025/?utm%5Fsource=TIME&utm%5Fmedium=TIME-Marketing&utm%5Fcampaign=250410%5FTIME-Marketing&utm%5Fcontent=250410%5FTIME-Marketing-Landing-TIME-100-2025-Product-Page&handle=TIME10025&handle=70da3 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/"},"headline":"Demis Hassabis","datePublished":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T02:28:53.481Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/","keywords":["TIME100","franchise","Magazine","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ff2e4606772557/6998c5d07323af41f82bc6e1/time100-2025-demis-hassabis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78ff2e4606772557/6998c5d07323af41f82bc6e1/time100-2025-demis-hassabis.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/","name":"Demis Hassabis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Demis Hassabis | TIME100 2025","description":"Demis Hassabis is on the 2025 TIME100 list.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/HNZP73Vf/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2025-04-16T10:30:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/HNZP73Vf.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/","duration":"PT1M21S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2025/7273740/demis-hassabis/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```