Jeff Dean and three other Google execs are leaving to launch Discovery Loop, which will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in drug discovery, chip design, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
Discovery Loop is being formed as a public benefit corporation by Jeff Dean, Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le.
The startup says its mission is to automate the experimental loop behind machine learning, science, and engineering. Dean said the approach will start with ML research and engineering, with possible applications in drug discovery, chip design, and other fields. Google is supporting the company and Alphabet is listed among its backers. Techmeme's note
The startup says its mission is to automate the experimental loop behind machine learning, science, and engineering. Dean said the approach will start with ML research and engineering, with possible applications in drug discovery, chip design, and other fields. Google is supporting the company and Alphabet is listed among its backers. Techmeme's note
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