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Eric Schmidt is best known for his pivotal role in the growth of Google as Chairman and CEO.
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Oct 2025 — Oct 2026
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2 shared articlesJulie BortJournalist
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2 shared articlesLiam FedusFounder
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2 shared articlesAdam JelleyFounder
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AI for Science expands to foundations and research institutions
Schmidt SciencesneutralOct 28, 2026
“Co-founded Schmidt Sciences in 2024 with Wendy Schmidt to support scientific research including AI and advanced computing.”
Freedom of Action: America's ASI Strategy, w/ RAND's Joel Predd, Ben Boudreaux & Matt Chessen
The Cognitive RevolutioncautiousOct 28, 2026
“Co-author of MAIM (Mutual Assured AI Malfunction) deterrence strategy proposal.”
AI wasn't overhyped. In the last 18 months, almost everyone underestimated it
benjamintodd.substack.comcautiousOct 26, 2026
“Predicted in July 2025 that AI would solve a Millennium Prize problem, a forecast Gary Marcus called pure fantasy but proved correct.”
Weil Valuation 750 Million for AI Science Startup 2026 8
Business InsiderpositiveAug 12, 2026
“Eric Schmidt is an investor in Periodic Labs, an AI science startup.”
Chinese models are increasingly being adopted globally because they are strong and cheap
noemamag.commixedJul 13, 2026
“Expressed concern about proliferation of open-source AI models and advocated for safety guardrails and a 'no-surprise rule' for AI training between US and China.”
Medal spinout General Intuition, which builds world models that teach agents spatial-temporal reasoning, is in talks to raise ~$300M at a ~$2B valuation
SubstackpositiveJun 21, 2026
“Backing General Intuition's funding round reportedly including ~$300M at ~$2B valuation.”
SpaceX wants up to a million satellites in orbit.
Data Center DynamicscautiousJun 9, 2026
“Former Google CEO who acquired rocket company Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit.”
Eric Schmidt booed at the University of Arizona, May 2026
SubstackmixedMay 26, 2026
“Former Google CEO delivered commencement address at University of Arizona emphasizing AI's transformative role, but was met with significant booing from the audience.”
Gen Z is not booing AI. It is booing its own job market
The Next WebcautiousMay 22, 2026
“Former Google CEO who gave a commencement speech at University of Arizona warning graduates about AI's impact, which was met with boos from students.”
Yann LeCun's AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models
TechCrunchpositiveMar 15, 2026
“Former Google CEO and angel investor who participated in AMI Labs seed funding round.”
Nvidia-backed Reflection AI raises $2 billion in funding, boosts valuation to $8 billion
techstartups.compositiveOct 10, 2025
“Investor in Reflection AI's $2 billion funding round.”
Former OpenAI and DeepMind Researchers Raise Whopping $300M Seed to Automate Science
TechCrunchnewspositiveOct 1, 2025
Periodic Labs, founded by former OpenAI and DeepMind researchers, raised $300M in seed funding to automate scientific discovery by building AI scientists and autonomous laboratories that conduct physical experiments to discover new materials like superconductors.
“Backed Periodic Labs with investment in their $300M seed round.”
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