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Diamandis says Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving to start ‘Discovery Loop’

Peter Diamandis · Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems · August 8, 2026
Diamandis says Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving to start ‘Discovery Loop’
Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems
"Jeff has been Google's chief scientist for 27 years as a veteran. Uh he's leaving to co-found Discovery Loop. It's a public benefit corporation."
Diamandis reports that Jeff Dean, whom he describes as Google’s chief scientist for 27 years, is leaving to co-found Discovery Loop, a public benefit corporation. He says Dean is departing with three other senior AI leaders, and that the new venture aims to build AI systems capable of improving themselves with minimal human involvement.
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Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems

August 9, 2026 · 2h 9m · 7 Egleze moments
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