{
  "id": 717969,
  "title": "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)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/sources-former-google-exec-jeff-dean-is-in-talks-for-1b-in-funding-at",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-13T01:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
    "slug": "techmeme",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/former-google-exec-jeff-dean-valuation-for-new-ai-startup-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jeff Dean, a former Google executive who spent 27 years at the company, has left to start a new AI company called Discovery Loop. According to Business Insider, Dean is in talks to raise $1 billion in funding at a valuation of around $10 billion.\n\nThe company aims to use AI to tackle some of the biggest challenges in science and engineering. Dean has described Discovery Loop as a public benefit corporation that seeks to automate machine learning, science, and engineering to accelerate discoveries and progress.\n\nDetails of the funding round could still change, and a representative for Dean declined to comment.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Insider",
        "title": "Departing Google chief scientist Jeff Dean has been in talks for a $10 billion valuation for his new AI startup",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/departing-google-chief-scientist-jeff-dean-has-been-in-talks-for-a-10",
        "published": "2026-08-13T00:31:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}