News Summary

• Jeff Dean briefly choked up during a talk at Stanford University earlier this month.
• Dean quit Google to build his own AI startup called Discovery Loop.
• Discovery Loop wants to build systems that can tackle parts of the 14 challenges laid out by some of the world's most accomplished scientists and engineers.
• The company's initial funding round is being led by Radical Ventures and Khosla Ventures, with participation from Lightspeed, Kleiner Perkins, and Doerr Capital.
• "They have a plan for making the Gemini models awesome," Dean says in a video of the event released on Tuesday, flashing a thumbs up while appearing to choke back tears.