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Jeff Dean and other top AI researchers are leaving Google to launch their own startup

The legendary Google executive is joined by other outgoing Google execs in a joint mission to use AI to push forward the process of scientific discovery.

TechCrunch AI· Lucas Ropek·Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC

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