Researcher

Ben Poole

BP

Current role not listed

Poole led DreamFusion, which showed that a pretrained image generator could create a 3D object from a text description without a 3D training dataset. He also co-authored foundational work on diffusion models and helped extend generative systems from images into video and dynamic 3D worlds.

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Background

Previously

2018-2026Senior Staff Research Scientist,

Google DeepMind

Education

Carnegie Mellon University

Stanford University

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Last editorial review: August 8, 2026

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moveBen Poole leaves Google DeepMind

Poole said June 25 was his last day at Google after 15 years total, including eight years full-time across Brain and DeepMind.

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