DeepMind is a London-based artificial intelligence research company founded in 2010 and acquired by Alphabet in 2014. Known for breakthroughs in deep learning and reinforcement learning, it created AlphaGo, which defeated world champion Go players, and AlphaFold, which revolutionized protein structure prediction. DeepMind's work spans healthcare, robotics, and fundamental AI research, influencing both academic and commercial AI applications.