17-year-old ex-Kimi researcher Nathan Chen reportedly joins Discovery Loop
On October 20 the anonymous account Arfur Grok, which tracks Silicon Valley AI talent moves, reported that 17-year-old researcher Chen Guangyu (Nathan Chen) had joined Discovery Loop, the startup founded by former Google researchers including Jeff Dean. Chen had announced on October 15 that he was leaving Moonshot AI, where he worked on the Kimi models, and he publicly denied speculation that he was joining Anthropic. Neither Chen nor Discovery Loop has confirmed the move, and Discovery Loop said it does not comment on personnel matters. Founded in August 2026 by four former Google researchers, Discovery Loop has released no public product and is reportedly seeking funding at about a $50 billion valuation, with the goal of using AI to propose hypotheses, design and run experiments and iterate on results.
The report drew wide attention because Discovery Loop, founded in August 2026 by four former Google researchers, has no public product yet and is reportedly seeking funding at about a $50 billion valuation.
月之暗面 Kimi 模型核心研发人员、天才少年陈广宇此前宣布离职，未来去向备受外界关注。目前看下一站，似乎有了新答案。
10 月 20 日，据长期追踪硅谷 AI 人才流动的匿名账号 Arfur Grok 披露，陈广宇（Nathan Chen）已加入 Google 前首席科学家 Jeff Dean 创办的 AI 初创公司 Discovery Loop。该账号高频披露 AI 人才去向，准确性较高。
Discovery Loop 是一家今年 8 月才成立的公司，集结了四位 Google 顶尖 AI 科学家，尚未推出公开产品，就已被曝寻求以 500 亿美元（约 3500 亿元人民币）估值融资。
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