Contextual AI
Hugging Face
Meta
University of Amsterdam
University of Cambridge
Sebastian RiedelResearcher
Google DeepMind
Research Scientist
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Researcher · Founder · Executive
Douwe Kiela
DK
Research Scientist Director at Google DeepMind
Kiela led the research that introduced retrieval-augmented generation, or RAG, now a standard way for language models to look up external evidence before answering. After founding Contextual AI to commercialize grounded AI systems, he returned to research at Google DeepMind in 2026.
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Research Scientist Director 2026-presentGoogle DeepMind
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