Dossier
Discovery Loop
Coverage of Discovery Loop in the Nexus archive.
- Google’s Jeff Dean — chief scientist for 27 years — leaving during AI leadership overhaul for startup
Google's chief scientist Jeff Dean is leaving to start an AI startup called Discovery Loop with three company veterans, as announced in a company blog post. Dean has served as Google's chief scientist for 27 years.
- Demis Hassabis steps down from Google DeepMind CEO role amid a major AI leadership shakeup
Demis Hassabis is stepping down as Google DeepMind CEO to become chairman and Alphabet's chief scientist, with Koray Kavukcuoglu taking over operations. The restructuring includes Jeff Dean leaving Google to co-found Discovery Loop, and Alphabet's stock fell 5% amid delays in Gemini model launches and leadership exits.