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by Kurt Schlosser<\/a> on Aug 13, 2026 at 8:55 amAugust 13, 2026 at 8:59 am<\/p>\n

\"\"Jeff Dean, co-founder and CEO of Discovery Loop. (Photo via KDD.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Jeff Dean<\/a> has spent decades flexing his brain to solve some of computing\u2019s hardest problems. Turns out the Google legend and UW computer science alum has been pushing his physical limits just as hard.<\/p>\n

In an exchange on X this week, the former Google chief scientist \u2014 who recently left the tech giant<\/a> after 27 years to launch the scientific AI startup Discovery Loop \u2014 laid out a weekly training routine that looks less like a tech executive\u2019s calendar and more like a triathlete\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In addition to running or biking to work three or four directions a week, Dean, 58, says he\u2019s mixing in a couple trips to the gym, a couple yoga sessions, and a couple games of soccer in a 25-and-over league. He also does a longer run or bike ride on the weekend.<\/p>\n

We got winded just scrolling through the comments.<\/p>\n

Soccer (2 games\/wk in my 25-and-over league), gym 2x\/wk, yoga 2x\/wk, run to work 3-4 directions\/wk (8k each way), bike to work 3-4 directions\/wk (8k each way), longer run or bike on weekend.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) August 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

People wanted to know how Dean took care of his knees (squishy shoes), whether he came up with great ideas while exercising (definitely), when he showers (at work), and if he sleeps (usually seven hours). <\/p>\n

In GeekWire\u2019s Slack channel this morning, co-founder John Cook, a longtime soccer player, expressed his own surprise.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s playing soccer twice per week in an over-25 league \u2014 that is total bad ass,\u201d Cook wrote. \u201cI can barely run in my over-50 league!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dean earned his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Washington in 1996 before joining Google as employee No. 30. He achieved tech-legend status by helping to build the company\u2019s core computing architecture over nearly three decades.<\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

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\n What a longtime Google AI leader told UW computer science students at their graduation<\/a><\/p>\n

His new venture, Discovery Loop, is an ambitious public benefit corporation aimed at using AI to automate the scientific method \u2014 running thousands of parallel experiments to accelerate breakthroughs in fields like drug discovery, materials science, and machine learning.<\/p>\n

Dean\u2019s dive into his exercise routine came up because of a slide he shared at KDD 2026, a conference in Jeju, South Korea. The slide was a play-by-play of his final 48 hours at Google (Aug. 5\u20137), detailing the whirlwind around his departure and startup launch.<\/p>\n

Along with breaking the news to Google colleagues and announcing the launch of Discovery Loop, Dean spent last Wednesday responding to hundreds of well wishes \u2014 while squeezing in a yoga session and a soccer game. He went to bed at 2:30 a.m. and was up at 6:30 a.m. Thursday to respond to hundreds more messages.<\/p>\n

He was technically unemployed for exactly one second at midnight on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He probably spent it stretching.<\/p>\n

Indeed, it has been quite a week, so I thought I’d share it with the KDD 2026 audience! For my Google colleagues who might have sent me internal chat messages after I closed my laptop for a final time on Thursday afternoon, I apologize for my lack of response!<\/p>\n

(Zoomed in) https:\/\/t.co\/lnBtuqM0q5<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VqyLMPBDSV<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) August 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n