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9to5Google reported on 2 April 2025, following Semafor, that Josh Woodward would remain VP of Google Labs while taking over the Gemini app role; Semafor reported the same day that, according to Demis Hassabis’s staff memo, he would remain head of Google Labs. Copy claim link
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Date 2025-04-02 · snapshot Records dated 2025 → Role VP of Google Labs Scope and limits The record rests on reporting: 9to5Google (“According to Semafor”) and Semafor, which relays a staff memo by Demis Hassabis that it reviewed. Google’s author page, as retrieved on 29 October 2026, gives his title as VP, Google Labs, Gemini app & AI Studio; that later, undated snapshot is context, not evidence of the April 2025 title. The record does not establish when the role began or ended.
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Gemini app gets new boss as it enters ‘chapter 2’ ↗ 9to5Google · 2025-04-02
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Source excerpt “Josh Woodward (right, above) is taking over Hsiao’s role, while remaining VP of Google Labs” Location in source Paragraph 6
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Source details and check notes Authors 9to5Google Version Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 07c42c610866e55d6d637417f09d04c81f62c024531b4d784586a40c896e0920) directly from the publisher. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution 9to5Google, “Gemini app gets new boss as it enters ‘chapter 2’”, 2025-04-02. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The quotation (15 words) matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-31, item L061) re-read the record’s sources. No human editorial review. secondary source Supports the claim
Google Gemini shakes up AI leadership, Sissie Hsiao steps down, replaced by Josh Woodward ↗ Semafor · 2025-04-02
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Source excerpt “He said Woodward will remain head of Google Labs while shaping the next chapter of Gemini.” Location in source The Scoop, paragraph 3
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Machine-checked · 2026-10-29
Source details and check notes Authors Reed Albergotti Version Dated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 c41af4d36be3a28a4c6427b887a0ce8a03739818c936ef8004da231d19c4545b) directly from the publisher. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution Reed Albergotti, “Google Gemini shakes up AI leadership, Sissie Hsiao steps down, replaced by Josh Woodward”, 2025-04-02. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The quotation (16 words) matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-31, item L061) re-read the record’s sources. No human editorial review. primary source Context only
Josh Woodward (author page, The Keyword) ↗ Google (The Keyword) · Publication date unknown
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Paraphrase The author page gives Woodward’s title as VP, Google Labs, Gemini app & AI Studio, and says that he leads Google Labs, the Gemini app and AI Studio.
Location in source Author biography (page undated; retrieved 2026-10-29)
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Machine-checked · 2026-10-29
Source details and check notes Authors Google (The Keyword) Version Undated page, retrieved on 2026-10-29 (SHA-256 eda291e4ab4e07dffa432aa0ae231d8e9259fcc4c7b06ab542ddf9ec05529796) directly from the publisher. Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-29 Language English (en) Attribution Google (The Keyword), “Josh Woodward (author page, The Keyword)”. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, lab genealogy 2 (research/lab-genealogy-2). The paraphrase’s verbatim anchor “VP, Google Labs” matched the retrieved text on 2026-10-29 and again in a fresh retrieval. Read directly from the publisher. Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, apostrophes, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. The paraphrase is Selekoa’s; only the anchor is the source’s wording. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-31, item L061) re-read the record’s sources. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Machine-checked . Machines found this record and checked it against its sources; no person accepted it individually. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
Relation. An institutional role with explicitly scoped time: snapshot, sourced interval, or unknown dates. No continuing appointment is implied.
Date. Date of the report; the start of the Google Labs role is not given.
Record ID lg2-gm-woodward-google-labs-vp-2025