Sources: former Google exec Jeff Dean is in talks for $1B in funding at a ~$10B valuation for his new science and engineering-focused AI startup, Discovery Loop (Business Insider)

<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-google-exec-jeff-dean-valuation-for-new-ai-startup-2026-8"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260812/i55.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260812/p55#a260812p55" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Business Insider</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/former-google-exec-jeff-dean-valuation-for-new-ai-startup-2026-8">Sources: former Google exec Jeff Dean is in talks for $1B in funding at a ~$10B valuation for his new science and engineering-focused AI startup, Discovery Loop</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Jeff Dean spent 27 years helping build Google.&nbsp; Now, investors could be betting $1 billion that he can build the next big thing in AI outside it.</p>