Artificial Atlas

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Danijar Hafner

Researcher

Author of the Dreamer series of model-based reinforcement-learning agents, which learn a latent world model and plan inside it. About ten years at Google, latterly as a staff research scientist at Google DeepMind. The Information reported in March 2026 that he and Wilson Yan are raising a seed round for Embo, a robotics world-model startup.

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  2. 2023 – now
    Google DeepMind, Staff research scientist (Dreamer)