Khosla Backs Jeff Dean's Discovery Loop to Speed Scientific Experiments

Khosla Ventures has backed Discovery Loop, a new AI startup founded by former Google leaders, including Jeff Dean, to speed up scientific experimentation. The company is part of a broader wave of AI-for-science ventures that aim to use models to predict experiments, run many tests in parallel, and shorten the time it takes to reach results. The move matters because it pulls some of Google’s most prominent AI talent into a startup focused on scientific discovery, while signaling investor confidence in AI applications beyond chatbots and general-purpose software.