Four Top Google AI Scientists, Including Jeff Dean, Leave to Launch Discovery Loop
firstadopter · x · 2026-08-06
According to Wired, four top Google AI scientists, including Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, have left the company to co-found Discovery Loop, an AI startup focused on automating the scientific method to accelerate breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more. Dean, co-founder of Google Brain and chief scientist at DeepMind, was a key figure in Gemini's development. Google will take a stake in the new company, but the departure is seen as a major blow to Google's AI ambitions.
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