Jeff Dean Leaves Google to Found AI Research Firm Discovery Loop
The departure of four senior Google DeepMind figures into a new AI public benefit corporation signals a notable shift in where top machine learning talent is directing its efforts.
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Jeff Dean, chief scientist at Google DeepMind who worked on Gemini, has left Google to launch Discovery Loop, an AI-focused public benefit corporation. Three colleagues join him: Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said Google will support the venture as an initial investor and cloud partner.
Discovery Loop's stated mission is to accelerate discovery and progress by automating machine learning, science, and engineering. Dean said he worked with the other founders at Google for 14 to 30 years, building products, infrastructure, and AI models used worldwide, and is glad to focus on the new venture.
Vinyals, who joined Google 13 years ago at Dean's invitation, thanked the Google DeepMind team for making it feel like home and said it is time to try something new. Pichai expressed gratitude to Dean and the others, and confirmed Google's role as an initial investor and cloud partner.
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