Yi Tay
Researcher and engineering lead at Google DeepMind working on reasoning, RL, and the Gemini Deep Think efforts, known for co-leading the IMO Gold project and building the Reasoning and AGI team in Singapore.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 1h 32min
Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay
Yi Tay, a DeepMind researcher who co-led the IMO Gold project and built the Reasoning & AGI team in Singapore. He recounts training Gemini Deep Think, the live IMO Gold push, the shift from symbolic systems to end-to-end RL, debates on on-policy versus off-policy learning, and the role of self-consistency and data efficiency in unlocking reasoning.
