After 27 years, Jeff Dean is leaving Google: His ‘goodbye email’ explains why
Jeff Dean is leaving Google after 27 years, closing a run that took him from employee number 30 to chief scientist. He built MapReduce and BigTable, started the TPU program, founded Google Brain and co-led Gemini. Now he's CEO of Discovery Loop, chasing AI that improves itself. His farewell note lists it all, plus 18 office moves and Monterey bike rides.
In his farewell email to Google, Jeff Dean expresses gratitude for his 27-year tenure with the company. He mentions some of the milestones he and colleagues achieved, such as scaling Google Search's index 100 times, launching the TPU program, and creating the first Google Ads system. Dean also highlights the personal side of his time at Google, mentioning offsites in Monterey, group runs called "Run or Else," and the ability to get a cappuccino from Google badges in over 100 cities.
Dean leaves Google to co-found Discovery Loop, a public benefit corporation, with Sanjay Ghemawat, Oriol Vinyals, and Quoc Le. Discovery Loop aims to develop AI that can improve itself with minimal human input and apply this technology to various fields like chip design, drug discovery, and materials science. The new venture is structured as a public benefit corporation, with seed funding from Radical Ventures, Khosla Ventures, and Alphabet.
Dean expresses admiration for Google's future prospects and promises to continue supporting them from outside.
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