Jeffrey Dean
Chief Scientist, Google DeepMind and Google Research @ Google
Palo Alto, United States
Jeffrey Dean is a seed investor at Google in Palo Alto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Jeff Dean is the Co-founder and CEO of DiscoveryLoop. He previously worked at Google as Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind and Google Research. Jeff attended the University of Washington, where he earned a PhD in Computer Science.
- Total investments:
- 111
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Jeffrey Dean invests in
Stages Jeffrey Dean invests in
Countries Jeffrey Dean invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $2.5M–$34M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$3M
- Series A
- $10M–$60M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 50 (45%)
- Software 22 (20%)
- Information Technology 20 (18%)
- Machine Learning 13 (12%)
- Biotechnology 10 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 52 (47%)
- Series A 27 (24%)
- Pre-Seed 13 (12%)
- Series B 8 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (3%)
Country
- United States 75 (68%)
- United Kingdom 3 (3%)
- Germany 2 (2%)
- Japan 1 (1%)
- Australia 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Phinity Labs builds AI systems designed to fully automate the entire silicon microchip engineering process, spanning from original architectural concepts to final manufacturing preparation. | $5.2M / Seed / Oct 08, 2026 | ||
| Volantis specializes in developing AI-driven semiconductor solutions. The company focuses on creating advanced systems that support high-performance computing for various applications, including networking, data centers, and edge computing. Volantis provides integrated hardware and software platforms designed to optimize processing power, energyefficiency, and scalability. Their technology aims to enhance the capabilities of existing infrastructure, making it adaptable to emerging computational demands. The company's solutions cater to industries that require robust, efficient computing power at scale. | $88M / Series A / Sep 29, 2026 | ||
| G5 is the semantic abstraction layer that makes AI-native software development compilable, mergeable, and governable for enterprises. | $14M / Seed / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Grubel envisions a future in which each substance creates its own AI, one that understands its surroundings and performs the best work possible within them. | $3.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 10, 2026 | ||
| Wafer is an AI optimization platform that automatically accelerates AI models by generating efficient custom GPU kernels. | $40M / Series A / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| SkyPilot is an open-source framework for running AI and batch workloads on any infra. | $20M / Seed / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Runta is the execution layer for AI agents. Agent execution layer for token efficiency, secret protection, and governed access. | $20M / Seed / Jul 16, 2026 | ||
| Architect provide frontier AI lab for chip design. | $24M / Seed / Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Odyssey operates as an AI start-up, provides hollywood-grade visual AI. | $310M / Series B / Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Trajectory is a research and product company developing a platform that enables continual learning for AI-powered products. | $15M / Seed / May 27, 2026 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Google
Google provides the Android operating system, the Chrome web browser, and a search engine to support global connectivity. Its software suite includes productivity tools such as Gmail, Docs, and Calendar, alongside media platforms like YouTube and Google Play. The firm designs hardware, including the Pixel line of smartphones, tablets, and wearable devices integrated with Wear OS. Through its research divisions, the company creates generative models and tools such as Gemini 3.1 and Veo 3.1 for image creation, video generation, and conversational assistance. Current features include Agentic Vision for visual reasoning and Personal Intelligence, which utilizes Google Photos for contextual content creation.
Google Contacts
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Aashima Gupta
Global Head - Healthcare Solutions, Google Cloud Platform
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Addy Osmani
Senior Staff Software Engineer (Manager)
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Alex Okosi
Managing Director, Africa
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Andrew Golding
Senior research scientist
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Andy Volk
Head of Sub-Saharan Africa Ecosystem
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FAQ
What does Jeffrey Dean invest in?
Jeffrey Dean invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 111 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Jeffrey Dean invest in?
Jeffrey Dean typically joins rounds of $2.5M–$34M at Seed, $500k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $10M–$60M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Jeffrey Dean's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Jeffrey Dean took part in.
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When did Jeffrey Dean last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jeffrey Dean closed in Oct 2026. Shizune tracks 111 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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