DeepMind The co-founder of DeepMind, Mustafa Suleyman, has been placed on leave of absence, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday. "Mustafa is taking time out right now after 10 hectic years," a DeepMind spokesperson told Bloomberg. At the UK-based DeepMind, Suleyman helped build the company's controversial health division, DeepMind Health. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The co-founder of DeepMind, the artificial intelligence research company acquired by Google in 2014, has been placed on leave, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday that raised questions about his role within the controversial group. The report did not provide any information on the reason that Mustafa Suleyman, the DeepMind co-founder, was put on leave by the company.