Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
He is cofounder of Google Brain, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, and technical colead on the company’s flagship AI model Gemini. With his frequent collaborator Sanjay Ghemawat, he’s written significant parts of the company’s computing and search infrastructure. A running joke in geekdom is a list of surreal “facts” about his technical prowess: Jeff Dean’s resume lists the things he hasn’t done; it’s shorter that way.
- ▪He is cofounder of Google Brain, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, and technical colead on the company’s flagship AI model Gemini.
- ▪With his frequent collaborator Sanjay Ghemawat, he’s written significant parts of the company’s computing and search infrastructure.
- ▪A running joke in geekdom is a list of surreal “facts” about his technical prowess: Jeff Dean’s resume lists the things he hasn’t done; it’s shorter that way.
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Steven LevyBusinessAug 5, 2026 12:00 PM4 of Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving—and Launching Their Own AI StartupJeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.Courtesy of Discovery LoopCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyOn July 25, Jeff Dean spoke to 6,000 would-be founders at Y Combinator’s Startup School at San Francisco’s Chase Center. Dean is a legendary engineer at Google. He is cofounder of Google Brain, chief scientist of Google DeepMind and Google Research, and technical colead on the company’s flagship AI model Gemini.
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