Google Jules releases a new version candidate list, repositioning it as an end-to-end product development platform

According to an official April 23 announcement from the Google Jules team, Jules’ product positioning has been upgraded from an asynchronous coding agent to an “end-to-end agentic product development platform.” The new version can read the full product context, independently decide the direction for what to build next, and submit a PR. The company also announced in parallel that it has opened the candidate list for the new version.

Google Jules New Version Product Positioning

According to an official announcement from the Google Jules team, the new version of Jules is positioned as an “end-to-end agentic product development platform.” The company describes its core capabilities as: reading the entire product context, deciding what to build next, proposing a solution, and then submitting a PR. The old version of Jules operated as an asynchronous coding agent integrated with GitHub; after a user assigned specific tasks, the agent executed them in the background and submitted code. The core difference in the new version is that the agent proactively determines the build direction rather than passively executing assigned tasks.

“Los Angeles Times”: Google AI coding tools integration plan

According to a report in the Los Angeles Times on April 22, relevant functions of Google Gemini are currently distributed across six coding products with different brand identities, including Gemini Code Assist, Gemini CLI, AI Studio, Firebase Studio, Jules, and the Antigravity platform.

According to the report, Google’s chief AI architect, Koray Kavukcuoglu, is working with major engineering teams to plan to integrate the company’s internal AI coding tools into the Antigravity platform within the next few weeks. Antigravity is the coding platform released by Google last year after acquiring the Windsurf startup for $2.4 billion.

In a statement, a Google spokesperson said: “In recent years, we’ve rolled out internal coding tools like Antigravity, and usage has increased significantly, greatly advancing our development of models and AI tools.” Alphabet also separately said in February this year that about 50% of the company’s new code is written by AI.

Personnel updates and industry commentary

According to Kathy Korevec’s LinkedIn profile, Korevec, who is responsible for the Jules project, left Google in early April and joined OpenAI. Korevec posted on X, saying: “Fragmented, parallel tools, overlapping functionality, and smart teams solving similar problems in slightly different ways. This isn’t a talent problem—it’s a systems problem.”

Keith Zhai, co-founder of TinyFish, told the Los Angeles Times that many engineers in Silicon Valley alternate between Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, “and Google’s programming generally isn’t even on their radar.”

Former Google executive and current OpenArt chief business officer Raj Gajwani said: “From the perspective of computer science, if you succeed in coding this year, you can obtain the raw data you need to succeed in model capabilities next year.”

Deepti Srivastava, founder and CEO of Snow Leopard and a former Google executive, told the Los Angeles Times: “Markets change too fast—big companies simply don’t have time to think and act. Speed is your only moat.”

Frequently asked questions

What is the core positioning upgrade for the new version of Google Jules?

According to an official announcement from the Google Jules team, Jules has upgraded from an asynchronous coding agent to an “end-to-end agentic product development platform.” The new version can proactively read the full product context, independently decide what to build next, and submit a PR, no longer merely passively executing assigned tasks.

What is the background of the Google Antigravity platform, and which products does the integration plan cover?

According to a Los Angeles Times report on April 22, Antigravity is an AI coding platform released by Google after it acquired the Windsurf startup for $240 million last year. Google’s chief AI architect, Koray Kavukcuoglu, plans to integrate six products—Gemini Code Assist, Gemini CLI, AI Studio, Firebase Studio, and Jules—into that platform within a few weeks.

What is Kathy Korevec, the head of the Jules product, leaving for?

According to Kathy Korevec’s LinkedIn profile, she left Google in early April 2026, joined OpenAI, and posted on X criticizing that Google’s AI coding tools have systematic fragmentation issues.