Who joined Discovery Loop in 2026

Quoc Le → to Discovery Loop as Co-Founder

Le joins the Discovery Loop founding team, betting his AutoML pedigree translates into automated scientific discovery.

foundingconfirmedAug 5, 2026TechCrunch: Jeff Dean and Other Top AI Researchers Are Leaving Google to Launch Their Own Startup

Oriol Vinyals → to Discovery Loop as Co-Founder

Vinyals swaps DeepMind's research ladder for a founder's desk at a four-person startup with outsized ambition.

foundingconfirmedAug 5, 2026TechCrunch: Jeff Dean and Other Top AI Researchers Are Leaving Google to Launch Their Own Startup

Sanjay Ghemawat → to Discovery Loop as Co-Founder

Ghemawat's exit removes one of the architects behind Google's foundational infrastructure from its own roster.

foundingconfirmedAug 5, 2026Tech Times: Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat Depart Google to Co-Found Discovery Loop

Jeff Dean → to Discovery Loop as Co-Founder

Google's most storied engineer walks away from a company he helped define for nearly three decades.

foundingconfirmedAug 5, 2026TechCrunch: Jeff Dean and Other Top AI Researchers Are Leaving Google to Launch Their Own Startup