Role

Jeff Dean, co-founder and CEO of Discovery Loop

The position he took on leaving Google after 27 years to automate the scientific method; Wired reports he is also the company's CEO.

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Welcome to August 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

The newsletter records Jeff Dean leaving Google with three colleagues to found Discovery Loop, a public benefit corporation whose autonomous experiment loops begin by improving their own algorithms (development). Asked who the CEO is, Dean told Wired “I think I’m the CEO” (Wired); Wikidata likewise lists him among the company’s founders.

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Discovery Loop

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Jeff Dean

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Jeff Dean, co-founder and CEO of Discovery Loop
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