Jeff Dean
Mentioned in 17 analyzed podcast episodes across 10 shows
Chief AI Scientist at Google known for foundational work on TensorFlow and influential contributions to AI system architecture and strategy. Frequently discussed on AI-focused podcasts for his expertise in model architecture, distillation practices, and large-scale AI systems design—including the concept of "Jeff Dean numbers" used for technical estimation. Also notable for public positions on civil rights and policy issues affecting the tech industry.
Appears On
Episode Appearances
TBPN · Mar 30, 2026
FULL INTERVIEW: Why I Think Nvidia Is Perfectly Positioned In The AI Race
“GTC session on context window innovations and synthetic data for audio/video”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Mar 24, 2026
Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241
“Helped complete DeepMind acquisition and leads Google's AI research efforts”
Uncanny Valley | WIRED · Mar 12, 2026
Can Anthropic Win Its Lawsuit?; War Memes; AI Comes for VCs Jobs
“Google DeepMind chief scientist who filed brief supporting Anthropic”
TBPN · Mar 11, 2026
Thinking Machines X Nvidia, Meta Acquires Moltbook, BYD Mulls F1 | Diet TBPN
“Google DeepMind chief scientist who filed amicus brief supporting Anthropic”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Mar 1, 2026
Situational Awareness in Government, with UK AISI Chief Scientist Geoffrey Irving
“Google researcher who co-authored original TensorFlow papers with Irving”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 26, 2026
[LIVE] Anthropic Distillation & How Models Cheat (SWE-Bench Dead) | Nathan Lambert & Sebastian Raschka
“Google executive interviewed about Gemini model architecture and distillation practices”
Cheeky Pint · Feb 26, 2026
Reiner Pope of MatX on accelerating AI with transformer-optimized chips
“Google researcher; referenced for 'Jeff Dean numbers' mental model for system design estimation”
Big Technology Podcast · Feb 18, 2026
How Google DeepMind Operates & Experiments — With Lila Ibrahim and James Manyika
“Google executive mentioned as originator of AI audio overview idea for research papers”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Feb 12, 2026
Owning the AI Pareto Frontier — Jeff Dean
“Chief AI Scientist at Google and main guest discussing AI strategy and technical architecture”
Last Week in AI · Feb 6, 2026
#233 - Moltbot, Genie 3, Qwen3-Max-Thinking
“Google researcher; commenting on ICE violence and Trump administration actions affecting tech workers”
"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Feb 1, 2026
The AI-Powered Biohub: Why Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan are Investing in Data, from Latent.Space
“Google executive cited for speaking up against civil rights violations”
Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast · Jan 23, 2026
Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay 2
The Artificial Intelligence Show · Oct 14, 2025
#173: OpenAI Dev Day, AI Gets Political, Sora Copyright Drama Continues, Gemini Enterprise & AI’s Impact on Job Hunting
Acquired · Oct 6, 2025
Google: The AI Company
“Google engineer; co-founder of Google Brain; architect of DistBelief, TPU, and Gemini; through-line of Google's AI success”
Acquired · Aug 26, 2025
Alphabet Inc.
“Legendary Google infrastructure engineer; co-authored foundational papers with Sanjay Gemawat on distributed systems”
Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 23, 2025
#475 – Demis Hassabis: Future of AI, Simulating Reality, Physics and Video Games
“Leading Gemini development; part of core leadership team for LLM product”
Acquired · Jun 30, 2025
Google: The Origin of Search
“Legendary Google engineer hired from DEC; built core search infrastructure, AdWords, MapReduce, and later AI systems”