Jeff Dean's First Public Appearance After Leaving Google: On AI's Next Decade and New Venture

Jeff Dean made his first public appearance after leaving Google at the AASF 2026 summit, in conversation with Dawn Song. He reviewed his technical journey from MapReduce to Gemini and unveiled his new company, Discovery Loop. Emphasizing order-of-magnitude improvements, he also reflected on TensorFlow's successes and failures, adding momentum to the AI for Science field.