DeepMind is only possible because of ad money, though. The people who ensure Google has the funds to invest in such projects are a critical part of the team. A

DeepMind is only possible because of ad money, though. The people who ensure Google has the funds to invest in such projects are a critical part of the team. As for more projects in the pipeline, well, see the sibling post by dekhn. It's hard to know what's important to work on if you aren't actually on the front lines. DeepMind did AlphaFold because it saw a way to apply its general AI research to biotech, not because it's a biotech firm.