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Sanjay Ghemawat

Lately: Discovery Loop as Co-Founder, from Google.

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Aug 5
Sanjay Ghemawat to Discovery Loop as Co-Founder
Paired with Dean, the move signals the departure was a coordinated founding team rather than one executive's exit.
foundingreportedAug 5, 2026GeekWire: The Startup Idea That Convinced a UW Computer Science Legend to Leave Google After 27 Years

Hiring & Talent
The Biggest AI Hires of 2026 (So Far)
Fidji Simo gave up her post as OpenAI's second-in-command to illness, Jeff Dean left Google with three senior colleagues to found a rival, and John Ternus took over at Apple, redrawing AI's leadership in 2026.
Hiring & Talent
Google DeepMind's Retention Playbook
A $2.4 billion Windsurf acquihire, Koray Kavukcuoglu's promotion and Demis Hassabis's step-back from chief executive trace how Google answered an exodus that sent Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer toward rivals.
Frontier Models
Gemini's Momentum
Gemini 3 Pro's November 2025 launch and a Search overhaul unveiled at Google I/O 2026 built the product momentum Demis Hassabis's research organization needed, even as Jeff Dean led three senior colleagues out the door to found a rival science venture.
Hiring & Talent
DeepMind's Founding Generation Leaves to Build Rivals
Nine senior Google DeepMind and Google Brain scientists left in 2026 to found or join four separate rivals, and Google says its bench stays deep.