Google Labs head Josh Woodward: every company must operate like a labs team
petergyang · x · 2026-10-12
In a conversation with Lenny Rachitsky, Josh Woodward — head of Google Labs, the Gemini App, and AI Studio — argues every company now needs to think and operate like a labs team: what's possible changes every few months, so staying ahead requires constant frontier experimentation. They also discuss which skills are rising fastest in value and where the best ideas actually come from.
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