Jeff Dean and Team Secure Seed Round Led by Radical and Khosla for New AI Venture
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-08-06
Google legend Jeff Dean and his team have formed a new AI group and recently pitched VC firms. Dean shared a few slides from their pitch deck, highlighting their hardcore technical backgrounds and listing the many prominent AI founders who emerged from their team.
They have selected Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures to lead their seed funding round, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, John Doerr, and Alphabet. They will be working to close the round over the next few weeks.
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