After 27 years, it must have been hard for Jeff Dean to let go. Dean, who quit Google to build his own AI startup called DiscoveryLoop, briefly choked up while describing his decision to leave the search giant after more than a quarter

AI News August 22, 2026 07:00 AM

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After 27 years, it must have been hard for Jeff Dean to let go. Dean, who quit Google to build his own AI startup called DiscoveryLoop, briefly choked up while describing his decision to leave the search giant after more than a quarter

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