Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Four prominent AI researchers, including Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat, are leaving Google to launch a new startup called Discovery Loop. The company aims to automate scientific and engineering experiments using AI, marking a major talent loss for Google.
Why it matters
The departure of key architects of Google's AI infrastructure highlights the intense competition for talent and the shift toward autonomous scientific discovery in the tech industry.
Dean said that the most important thing would be to pick something you’re excited about and would be useful in the world. He then shared his own interest: an automated version of the scientific method. “You propose an experiment, you implement what you need to run the experiment, you evaluate the experiment, and then you get results from that,” he said. Dean said that running thousands of those automated loops could unlock groundbreaking advances in multiple domains like science, biology, chip design, and even making improved AI models.
Unbeknownst to the crowd, Dean was talking about his own secret startup, which he had just organized. Today it’s official: After almost 27 years, Dean is leaving Google, along with Ghemawat and two other top-tier AI scientists, to found a company called Discovery Loop.
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