Well, even being part of Google doesn't mean that you have infinite funds at your disposal. Recently, his startup raised 600 million.

"The drug development artificial intelligence (AI) startup founded by Google DeepMind co-founder and CEO Demis Hassabis has raised $600 million in its first external funding round."

https://www.pymnts.com/artificial-intelligence-2/2025/ai-sta...

I don’t think there’s a lack of VC money in AI… there are a few 1-10$ billion companies without a product.

Still it's the sales pitch that allowed it. This is why I'm sceptical about his AGI views. Is this his genuine opinion or just the hype he's interested in sustaining as an AI startup owner?

He started DeepMind 10 years ago and said they are on track for 20 years up to AGI.

Agreed, I was blown away by some of his achievements, like AlphaGo. Still I'm not very much convinced that AGI is around the corner yet, even if he appears to claim otherwise.