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The startup idea that convinced a UW computer science legend to leave Google after 27 years
27 years at Google. Three top AI researchers. One bet on automating science itself. Jeff Dean just made his move.
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Why it matters
A founding legend and three senior Google AI researchers are leaving to build Discovery Loop, a startup attacking scientific discovery automation. Google is backing the spinout—signaling confidence in the vision and reshaping who builds frontier AI outside the lab.
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6 to knowJeff Dean departing Google after 27 years
Three top Google AI researchers joining the startup
Startup name: Discovery Loop
Mission: automate the scientific method
Google is funding the spinout
Dean holds Ph.D. from University of Washington
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Publisher excerpt: Jeff Dean, who earned his computer science Ph.D. at the University of Washington, is leaving Google after 27 years and taking three of the company's top AI researchers with him. Their startup, Discovery Loop, aims to automate the scientific method itself, and Google is helping fund it.