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)

<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-dean-google-discovery-loop-startup/"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260805/i27.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260805/p27#a260805p27" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Steven Levy / <a href="http://www.wired.com/">Wired</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/jeff-dean-google-discovery-loop-startup/">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</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs &hellip; </p>