Inside Gemini and NotebookLM: How Google is Shipping Non-Stop | Josh Woodward

Inside Gemini and NotebookLM: How Google is Shipping Non-Stop | Josh Woodward

Author: Peter Yang October 12, 2025 Duration: 43:57

Josh is the the VP of Gemini, Google Labs (NotebookLM), and AI Studio and widely considered one of Google’s most beloved leaders. In our interview, he demoed how to get the most out of Gemini and NotebookLM, the startup culture inside Google, and where he thinks Gemini is headed next.

We talked about:

(00:00) How Josh brings startup hustle to Google

(01:19) Live demo of Nano Banana's top image use cases

(07:12) Using NotebookLM to turn 70 sources into talking slides

(12:36) How Google Labs shipped Flow TV in 86 days

(18:20) The #1 way to move fast in big companies

(22:02) What Josh looks for when hiring (hint: side projects)

(31:32) Why we won't be typing to AI chatbots in the future

(38:44) Gemini's future as a proactive assistant that knows your life

Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/inside-gemini-and-notebooklm-how-google-is-shipping-non-stop-josh-woodward

Where to find Josh:

X: https://x.com/joshwoodward

Website: https://gemini.google.com

https://labs.google

https://aistudio.google.com/

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