Jeff Dean's Discovery Loop Unveils Seed Round Led by Radical and Khosla
JeffDean · x · 2026-08-06
Jeff Dean shared details about the initial funding round for his new venture, Discovery Loop. The round is led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr, and Alphabet.
The company aims to automate the experimental loop in scientific research using frontier AI models and large-scale compute. It will initially focus on machine learning research, acting as its own first customer to rapidly iterate its tech stack before expanding to tackle the NAE Grand Challenges.
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