Ioannis Antonoglou is the Co-Founder and CTO of Reflection AI, building superintelligent autonomous systems starting with coding. A founding engineer at Google DeepMind, he was a core architect of landmark AI like AlphaGo, AlphaZero, and led the RLHF training for Gemini. He holds a PhD from University College London and an MSc from The University of Edinburgh.
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, Ioannis chose a path of frontier research early in his career over more established roles. He joined DeepMind when it was a small startup, driven by the ambition of the team and the potential to create a significant impact in the field of artificial general intelligence.
He is one of the key figures featured in the AlphaGo documentary, which inspired his co-founder to switch fields from physics to AI.
Ioannis Alexandros Antonoglou
Co-Founder, President & CTO at ReflectionAI
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
Autonomous Coding
His company, Reflection AI, is focused on building superintelligent autonomous systems, with their first major application being autonomous coding agents to transform software engineering.
Reinforcement Learning
His work on AlphaGo, AlphaZero, MuZero, and leading the RLHF team for Gemini showcases his deep expertise and belief in reinforcement learning as a core component of AGI.
Frontier AI Systems
He has spent his career building groundbreaking AI systems that push the boundaries of what is possible, from game-playing AI to large language models like Gemini.
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Work History
9-2024
Co-Founder, President & CTO at ReflectionAI
10-2012 - 1-2024
Senior Staff Research Scientist at Google DeepMind
Education
9-2017 - 1-2023
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from UCL
2011 - 2012
Master of Science (MSc) from The University of Edinburgh
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Location : Brooklyn, New York, United States
Job Level : Leadership
Designation : Co-Founder, President & CTO at ReflectionAI
