PeopleofSuperintelligence

Company, United States

Discovery Loop

Statistics

People here now
3
People ever
4
Citations of current people
312,398
Median h-index of current people
104
Full moves in and out
4 in, 0 out

Our research follows 7,547 researchers, builders, lab leaders and public voices through cited biographies. Missing career records can lower counts. Outdated roles can overstate current counts and change ranks. Citation figures count 2 of the 3 people here now. People whose OpenAlex record may be incomplete or mixed are left out. Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026. Career and profile data as of 22 October 2026.

We estimate that 4 people shaping AI have worked at Discovery Loop, including 3 (75%) here now and 1 with a former affiliation. Among 3,344 companies, the group is tied for 56th on current people and tied for 155th on all-time people. Systems, hardware and security leads 3 areas of expertise (2 of 4 people with profile topics), and researchers make up 2 of the 3 people here now (67%). Dated work records here are in 2026. Across dated career transitions, we record 4 full moves in and none out, led by arrivals from Google (4).

Researchers make up 2 of the 3 people here now (67%), and “deep learning” leads profile topics (2).Roles, current affiliations, profile topics, and recorded birth countries (3 known) and birth years (3 known) for the 3 people here now.

A summary of current people at Discovery Loop. It shows roles, affiliations, profile topics and birth countries known for 3 people. The median birth year uses 3 people.

Role categories

  • Research2
  • Builders1

Current affiliations

  • Discovery Loop3

Top profile topics

  • deep learning2
  • ai for science1
  • distributed systems1
  • machine learning1
  • multimodal models1

Birth countries

Known for 3 of 3 people now.

  • Spain1
  • United States1
  • Vietnam1

Median birth year

1982 (3 people)

Source: People of Superintelligence profiles, current career records and recorded birthplaces, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValuePeople
RoleResearch2
RoleBuilders1
Current affiliationDiscovery Loop3
Profile topicdeep learning2
Profile topicai for science1
Profile topicdistributed systems1
Profile topicmachine learning1
Profile topicmultimodal models1
Birth countrySpain1
Birth countryUnited States1
Birth countryVietnam1
Birth country coverage3 of 3 people now3
Median birth year19823

Full arrivals outnumbered full departures by 4 (4 in vs. 0 out): arrivals came 4 from companies (100%). Today, 1 of the 1 person formerly at Discovery Loop has a recorded current affiliation elsewhere (1 at a company).

From 2023 to 2026, 4 people joined and 0 left, a net gain of 4.Latest recorded transition per person, 2023–2026 (4 full moves and 0 roles taken alongside existing work).

A list of people who joined or left Discovery Loop from 2023 through 2026, with the year and move type.

Joined

Left

No recorded moves.

Source: People of Superintelligence career moves, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
YearPersonDirectionOther organizationMove type
2026Jeff DeanJoinedGoogleFull move
2026Oriol VinyalsJoinedGoogleFull move
2026Quoc LeJoinedGoogleFull move
2026Sanjay GhemawatJoinedGoogleFull move

Compared with peer companies, Discovery Loop ranks higher on current headcount (tied for 56th of 3,344) than on all-time headcount (tied for 155th); 3 of its 4 all-time people (75%) hold a current role here. Across work histories (excluding degrees), 4 of the 4 people who have worked at Discovery Loop (100%) also held a work role at another organization, connecting Discovery Loop to 9 peer institutions. Among the 2 current people with confident OpenAlex author records, combined citations reach 312,398 and the median h-index is 104 (combined h-index 208, 20th among 511 counted companies); Oriol Vinyals leads by citations (163,034) and Quoc Le leads by h-index (118).

Among 3,344 companies, Discovery Loop is tied for 56th on current people (3) and tied for 155th on all-time people (4).Standing across all organizations and organizations of the same type on current people, all-time people and combined h-index of current people. Ties share a rank.

A table compares Discovery Loop with 8827 organizations and 3344 organizations of the same type for current people, people ever and combined h-index where available.

People now

3 people

tied for 395th of 8,827 organizationstied for 56th of 3,344 companies

People ever

4 people

tied for 1,053rd of 8,827 organizationstied for 155th of 3,344 companies

Combined h-index of people now

208 across 2 people

224th of 1,834 organizations20th of 511 companies

Source: People of Superintelligence organization membership and confident OpenAlex statistics, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
MeasureValueAll organizationsSame type
People now3tied for 395th of 8,827tied for 56th of 3,344
People ever4tied for 1,053rd of 8,827tied for 155th of 3,344
Combined h-index of people now208 (2 people)224th of 1,83420th of 511
Google shares the largest career overlap with Discovery Loop (4 people), ahead of Digital Equipment Corporation (2).Organizations where people with work records at Discovery Loop also worked at any time in their careers (4 people across 9 organizations; degrees excluded).

A ranked chart shows 5 organizations with people who also have work records at Discovery Loop. Each count is a distinct person with work stints at both organizations.

Source: People of Superintelligence affiliations and work stints, as of 22 October 2026.

Data table
OrganizationShared people
Google4
Digital Equipment Corporation2
Australian National University1
CSIRO1
International Computer Science Institute1

People here now

The 3 people with a current role at Discovery Loop include 2 researchers and 1 builder. Earlier in their careers, 3 of the 3 held a work role at another organization, most often at Google (3). 1 current person also holds a concurrent affiliation outside Discovery Loop.

People with former affiliations

We record 1 person who formerly worked at Discovery Loop. That person has a recorded current role at Google. The 1 former person with a confident OpenAlex record has 60,525 career citations (h-index 26).

Posts that include Discovery Loop

Discovery Loop appears in 2 research posts comparing organizations across AI.

  1. Of 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google, 446 work there nowOur estimates of where the 943 people shaping AI who worked at Google and Google DeepMind work now: 446 at Google and 452 across 278 other organizations.
  2. Google alumni have founded or led 133 other organizations, more than any other AI labWe estimate that alumni of 17 major AI labs went on to found or lead 350 other organizations, including 226 they founded, and we trace 472 career moves directly between 23 labs since 2010.