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Google Brain was a unit of ↓ X, the moonshot factory
Google DeepMind's organisation page states that Google Brain started at X, the moonshot factory, in 2011. Copy claim link
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Date 2011 · snapshot Scope and limits Establishes only where Brain started according to Google DeepMind; when it moved to Google Research is not stated.
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About Google DeepMind (organisation page, undated) ↗ Google DeepMind · Publication date unknown
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Paraphrase Google DeepMind's account places Google Brain's 2011 start at X.
Location in source Our journey, Google Brain paragraph
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Source details and check notes Authors Google DeepMind Version Undated page, retrieved on 2026-10-15 (SHA-256 062351df0993ccd7a946551bbfe361acad3ffbab171c3995dc0a2acdb247d55c) directly from the publisher. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-15 Language English (en) Attribution Google DeepMind, “About Google DeepMind (organisation page, undated)”. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy (research/lab-genealogy). The paraphrase’s verbatim anchor “Google Brain started in 2011 at X, the moonshot factory” matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-15 and again in a fresh retrieval the same day. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; only the anchor is the source’s wording. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. A documented internal research team or unit within an organisation. Does not establish a separate legal subsidiary or an ownership transaction.
Date. The start year as stated; the source does not say how long Brain remained within X.
Record ID lg-goo-brain-unit-of-x-2011