Mehdi Ghissassi

TLDR

Mehdi Ghissassi is a French-Belgian AI executive who served as Head of Product at Google DeepMind and is an active angel investor in Belgian AI startups including Ghent-based LegalFly.

Overview

Mehdi Ghissassi is highlighted in Omar Mohout's analysis of the Ghent tech ecosystem as a notable investor. His role at DeepMind brings an international AI research perspective to the Ghent investor community.

He holds five master's degrees including computer science and engineering from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris. He spent over four years as Head of Product Management at Google DeepMind and a further three years leading AI product incubation there. He invests actively in AI and research-focused companies through the Atomico Angel Investing Program. He co-invested in LegalFly, a Ghent-based legal AI startup, alongside Redalpine. He has since moved to Abu Dhabi as Chief Product and Technology Officer at AI71.

Career History

• Analyst, Macquarie Group (infrastructure and energy)
• Product roles, Google (Emerging Markets, Project Link)
• Head of AI Product Incubation, Google DeepMind
• Head of Product Management, Google DeepMind
• Chief Product and Technology Officer, AI71 (Abu Dhabi)

Sources

• https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mghissassi
• https://www.crunchbase.com/person/mehdi-ghissassi
• https://validio.io/blog/mehdi-ghissassi-head-of-product-at-google-deepmind