Atallah: Google's Jeff Dean is starting an AI agent lab
Alex Atallah · OpenRouter CEO: Why Chinese Open Models Are Beating the US | Why Enterprises Fear OpenAI & Anthropic · Aug 9, 2026 · at 29:27
Alex Atallah is the CEO of OpenRouter. Jeff Dean is the Chief Scientist at Google DeepMind and Google Research.
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“Jeff Dean is starting an agent lab right now from Google.”
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