> but I can't imagine the primary motivation for anyone building it was "I hope this can make a lot money". What do you think the motivation was? Do you think

> but I can't imagine the primary motivation for anyone building it was "I hope this can make a lot money". What do you think the motivation was? Do you think the founders created the company and sold the company to google because they don't like money? The primary concern for starting any company is money. Deepmind was founded in Sept 2010. Slightly more than 3 years later, they sold themselves to google for $500 million. It's one of the great startup stories.