Google NotebookLM Leaders Depart to Launch Stealth AI Startup
Three key members of Google's NotebookLM team leave the tech giant to build a consumer-focused AI startup. The new venture remains in stealth mode with few details released about its specific goals.
Three key members behind Google's viral NotebookLM tool leave the company to launch a new stealth startup. Team lead Raiza Martin, designer Jason Spielman, and engineer Stephen Hughes announce their departure, stating they see a massive opportunity to build something transformative in the artificial intelligence space.
The new venture currently operates in full stealth mode with only a bare-bones website that reveals no name or specific purpose. While it remains unclear if the startup focuses on AI-generated podcasts and note-taking like NotebookLM, Martin hints that the company builds a consumer-facing product aimed at everyday users.
Martin explains that as frontier AI models grow, thoughtful products are required to make this technology accessible and useful to regular people. The startup is in its very early stages and has not announced any funding yet, though Martin notes that support from fellow founders, investors, and academics is already tremendous.