Google isn't one entity any more, it sounds like it's more like some kind of unofficial in-house version of YC except with more politics because the startups ar

Google isn't one entity any more, it sounds like it's more like some kind of unofficial in-house version of YC except with more politics because the startups are more closely coupled. Also DeepMind didn't come out of Google, it came out of some British boffins that got acquired for squillions (comparatively, I mean it's only a serious and arguably somewhat successful attempt at building general AI, it's not like it's adtech or finance or something else really important...) and as far as I can see the number one thing Google has done to help them, other than throwing money at them, is to otherwise leave them the hell alone.