Jeff Dean was Google's 30th employee. Now, after decades at the search giant, he's leaving to cofound an AI startup called Discovery Loop.

Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.

Google's AI divisions are getting reshuffled, the search giant announced on Wednesday.

Announcing the venture on X, Dean wrote, "We are founding Discovery Loop... a Public Benefit Corporation whose mission is to automate machine learning, science, and engineering to…

Jeff Dean's farewell note to Google runs long, and the most telling part isn't about AI at all. It's a list.