​CTO Breakfast & Roundtable, London

​Join the Google Cloud, Google DeepMind, and GV teams for an exclusive CTO Breakfast and Roundtable in London, hosted at the Google DeepMind office. This is an invitation-only event for GV startup technical founders and CTOs dedicated to building transformative, AI-powered companies.

​In addition to networking opportunities, the event will feature discussion time with Tom Hulme (Managing Partner, GV) and Kareem Ayoub (VP, AI Technical Strategy, Google DeepMind).

​Agenda

• ​8:30AM-9:15AM: Breakfast

• ​9:15AM-9:40AM: Roundtable discussion featuring Kareem Ayoub (Google DeepMind) & Tom Hulme (GV)

• ​9:40AM-9:50AM: Audience Q&A

• ​9:50AM-10:30AM: Networking

​Who Should Attend

​Technical founders/co-founders, CTOs, VP Engineering, VP Product

​Featured Speakers

​Kathryn Van Nuys - Director, Venture Capital & Global Investor Startup Ecosystem: Google Cloud

​Tom Hulme - Managing Partner: GV (Google Ventures)

​Tom is Managing Partner of GV (Google Ventures), based in the London office. GV has over $10bn in assets under management; Tom's investments include Lemonade, Multiverse, Stripe, Snyk, Currency Cloud, and Nothing.

​Previously,Tom led IDEO's startup efforts globally, incubating Omada Health (NASDAQ) and multiple other startups. Tom'sTED talk on design has been viewed over 1.7 million times and he has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has been featured in WIRED UK's Top 100 Digital Power Brokers and the Evening Standard list of London's 1000 Most Influential People.Tom received an MBE in the 2025 King's Birthday Honors in for his military service.

​Kareem Ayoub - Vice President, AI Technical Strategy: Google DeepMind

​Kareem Ayoub is Vice President of AI Technical Strategy at Google DeepMind. His work synthesizes day-to-day technical trade-offs with long-term strategic vision, ensuring that groundbreaking frontier research translates into real-world technologies to benefit humanity. In this role, he guides cross-functional teams to align ambitious AI development with strategic business objectives, maximizing both innovation and impact.