# Lila Ibrahim

Chief AI Readiness Officer, Google DeepMind. TIME100 AI 2026, Leaders. Before running operations at Google DeepMind, she started out as a design engineer on Intel's Pentium chip. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Ibrahim))

- Education: BS, Electrical and computer engineering, Purdue University, 1993 ([aiforgood.itu.int](https://aiforgood.itu.int/speaker/lila-ibrahim/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/librahim))
- Career: DeepMind (Chief Operating Officer; Chief AI Readiness Officer, 2018 to now); Coursera (President and Chief Operating Officer, 2013–2017); Kleiner Perkins (Senior Operating Partner, 2010–2014); Intel (General Manager, Emerging Markets Platform Group, 1993–2010) ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Ibrahim), [team4tech.org](https://team4tech.org/people/lila-ibrahim/), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/librahim))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/lila-ibrahim/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/lila-ibrahim

- Started at Intel in 1993 as a design engineer on the Pentium chip, and a decade later was chief of staff to CEO Craig Barrett. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Ibrahim))
- Left chips for online education, serving as Coursera's president and then its chief business and operating officer from 2013 to 2017. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Ibrahim))
- Co-founded Team4Tech, a nonprofit that pairs tech volunteers with education projects, and is now its chair emerita. ([team4tech.org](https://team4tech.org/people/lila-ibrahim/))
- In 2023 she signed the one-line statement calling AI extinction risk a global priority, alongside DeepMind founders Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lila_Ibrahim))
- On her own AI use: "AI can help automate all of my tasks, but it cannot automate my Tuesdays." ([cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/google-deepmind-ai-risks-lila-ibrahim.html))