Oriol Vinyals
Joins Discovery Loop as Co-founder · Aug 5, 2026 · News
Why, in the source's words
Coming with him as co-founders are several other top researchers at the company, including Sanjay Ghemawat, a top engineer and senior fellow at Google; Quoc Le, a key AI researcher and founding member of Google Brain; and Oriol Vinyals, a senior research scientist at Google DeepMind.
Also at these companies
| Date | Person | From and to | Role | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | Jeff DeanAppointed GoogleDiscovery LoopCEO | CEO | ||
| Aug 5, 2026 | Quoc LeAppointedGoogleDiscovery LoopOther | Other | ||
| Aug 5, 2026 | Sanjay GhemawatAppointedGoogleDiscovery LoopOther | Other | ||
| Aug 5, 2026 | Demis HassabisPromotedDeepMindAlphabetScientist | Scientist | ||
| Aug 5, 2026 | Koray KavukcuogluPromotedDeepMindNew roleAI lead | AI lead | ||
| Jun 20, 2026 | John JumperPoachedDeepMind AnthropicOther | Other |
About this move
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- Announced
- Aug 5, 2026
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- Not stated
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- TechCrunch
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