Self-improving AI & automated research · Palo Alto, US · founded 2026
Discovery Loop: who founded it, who funds it
Discovery Loop is a Palo Alto self-improving AI lab founded in 2026 by Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Quoc Le and Oriol Vinyals, who came from DeepMind. What it is building: automating the scientific method, from four of Google's most senior researchers. No funding round has been disclosed. It is still in stealth, with nothing outsiders can use.
- Founders
- Jeff Dean (ex-Google DeepMind), Sanjay Ghemawat (ex-Google DeepMind), Quoc Le (ex-Google DeepMind), Oriol Vinyals (ex-Google DeepMind)
- Founders from
- ex-Google DeepMind
- Location
- Palo Alto, US (North America)
- Valuation
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- Raised
- · disclosed
- Investors
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- What ships
- Stealth
Sources
- neolabs.fyi neolabs.fyi
News
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Sep 9, 2026
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Sep 9, 2026
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- Business Insider Former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is raising again for his new AI startup, seeking …
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Aug 5, 2026
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Aug 5, 2026
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- Unite.AI Jeff Dean Leaves Google to Automate the Scientific Method With Discovery Loop
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