Google's Jules AI coding assistant to discontinue service after less than two years

Google is set to phase out its AI coding assistant Jules, which was launched in December 2024. The tool was designed to automate tedious programming tasks, but will soon be discontinued. The company plans to apply the insights gained from Jules to its new AI coding platform, Antigravity. Jules was initially an experiment to explore how asynchronous programming agents could help developers deliver projects faster. The experience with Jules has influenced the direction of AI agent development across multiple Google products. Antigravity, launched by DeepMind on November 18, 2025, is a next-generation IDE that supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. It is based on an 'agent-first' design philosophy, allowing AI to autonomously plan, execute, and iterate on complex software tasks. The discontinuation of Jules marks the end of an experimental phase that contributed to the evolution of AI-driven development tools. Developers who used Jules for tasks such as bug fixing, testing, and feature deployment are thanked for shaping the future of agent-based programming. Antigravity aims to combine the strengths of both Jules and its own capabilities, offering a more integrated and powerful development environment.