# 93 - A conversation with Sebastian Mallaby, author of "The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence"

<p>The latest episode of Entrepreneurial Realities welcomes back Sebastian Mallaby, who joined the podcast once before to discuss <a href="https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Power-Law-Venture-Capital-Disruption/dp/0141988940/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FZT8KCBUQQPM&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.A4-zUDrgZRqsLCca8WZoe-5i_xjp6JLyJqOdetMypsOLomzPxzvyJUHFNLFXE-jqn-3uIbGG0mU4sJJ9Wup7qhtcIZCgI8KxQ2IOuNxQwC7Y6lRMKdgYEcIijbib57OqZ8SxYVocg5xFijeb_QA13vVOEOfUGQfEay5RHkOKth3BUoEKtjrKa9EthzEgKbjJNNp7z5FNEmcRz23MoiEBzG_Z7ej7bTcfKc5-Vg4A34I.4IpUsRZX2SBjsM8AAKswepKJzBCNmo5pNIonaOIhf2k&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+power+law+sebastian+mallaby&qid=1776170384&sprefix=the+power+law+%2Caps%2C149&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Power Law</em></a>, his landmark account of the venture capital industry. This time, Sebastian returns with <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Infinity-Machine-Hassabis-DeepMind-Superintelligence/dp/0593831845" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence</em></a> — the result of three years of unprecedented access to Demis Hassabis and his inner circle.</p><p><br></p><p><em>The Infinity Machine</em> traces the journey of a chess prodigy from North London — Nobel Prize winner, founding CEO of Google DeepMind — whose singular goal was never money or power, but the scientific dream of artificial superintelligence.</p><p><br></p><p>The conversation covers the story of DeepMind itself, the lessons European deep tech startups can draw from its trajectory, the very real risks of AGI, and many of the other defining questions that sit at the frontier of AI today.</p>