How Yair Alon went from building Portrait Mode at Google to founding researcher at Poetiq

· Y Combinator Hacker News · Oct. 30, 2026, 6:24 p.m.
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Summary
Yair Alon, after a decade at Google Research and DeepMind, has transitioned to Poetiq where he focuses on developing self-improving AI technologies.
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