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AI Video’s Wild Year – Runway CEO on What’s Next

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2025 has been a breakthrough year for AI video. In this episode of the MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Cristóbal Valenzuela, CEO & Co-Founder of Runway, to explore how AI is reshaping the future of filmmaking, advertising, and storytelling - faster, cheaper, and in ways that were unimaginable even a year ago.

Cris and Matt discuss:

* How AI went from memes and spaghetti clips to IMAX film festivals.

* Why Gen-4 and Aleph are game-changing models for professionals.

* How Hollywood, advertisers, and creators are adopting AI video at scale.

* The future of storytelling: what happens to human taste, craft, and creativity when anyone can conjure movies on demand?

* Runway’s journey from 2018 skeptics to today’s cutting-edge research lab.

If you want to understand the future of filmmaking, media, and creativity in the AI age, this is the episode.

Runway

Website - https://runwayml.com

X/Twitter - https://x.com/runwayml

Cristóbal Valenzuela

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvalenzuelab

X/Twitter - https://x.com/c_valenzuelab

FIRSTMARK

Website - https://firstmark.com

X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/FirstMarkCap

Matt Turck (Managing Director)

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/turck/

X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/mattturck

(00:00) Intro – AI Video's Wild Year

(01:48) Runway's AI Film Festival Goes from Chinatown to IMAX

(04:02) Hollywood's Shift: From Ignoring AI to Adopting It at Scale

(06:38) How Runway Saves VFX Artists' Weekends of Work

(07:31) Inside Gen-4 and Aleph: Why These Models Are Game-Changers

(08:21) From Editing Tools to a "New Kind of Camera"

(10:00) Beyond Film: Gaming, Architecture, E-Commerce & Robotics Use Cases

(10:55) Why Advertising Is Adopting AI Video Faster Than Anyone Else

(11:38) How Creatives Adapt When Iteration Becomes Real-Time

(14:12) What Makes Someone Great at AI Video (Hint: No Preconceptions)

(15:28) The Early Days: Building Runway Before Generative AI Was "Real"

(20:27) Finding Early Product-Market Fit

(21:51) Balancing Research and Product Inside Runway

(24:23) Comparing Aleph vs. Gen-4, and the Future of Generalist Models

(30:36) New Input Modalities: Editing with Video + Annotations, Not Just Text

(33:46) Managing Expectations: Twitter Demos vs. Real Creative Work

(47:09) The Future: Real-Time AI Video and Fully Explorable 3D Worlds

(52:02) Runway's Business Model: From Indie Creators to Disney & Lionsgate

(57:26) Competing with the Big Labs (Sora, Google, etc.)

(59:58) Hyper-Personalized Content? Why It May Not Replace Film

(01:01:13) Advice to Founders: Treat Your Company Like a Model — Always Learning

(01:03:06) The Next 5 Years of Runway: Changing Creativity Forever

  continue reading

96 episodes

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Content provided by Matt Turck. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Matt Turck or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

2025 has been a breakthrough year for AI video. In this episode of the MAD Podcast, Matt Turck sits down with Cristóbal Valenzuela, CEO & Co-Founder of Runway, to explore how AI is reshaping the future of filmmaking, advertising, and storytelling - faster, cheaper, and in ways that were unimaginable even a year ago.

Cris and Matt discuss:

* How AI went from memes and spaghetti clips to IMAX film festivals.

* Why Gen-4 and Aleph are game-changing models for professionals.

* How Hollywood, advertisers, and creators are adopting AI video at scale.

* The future of storytelling: what happens to human taste, craft, and creativity when anyone can conjure movies on demand?

* Runway’s journey from 2018 skeptics to today’s cutting-edge research lab.

If you want to understand the future of filmmaking, media, and creativity in the AI age, this is the episode.

Runway

Website - https://runwayml.com

X/Twitter - https://x.com/runwayml

Cristóbal Valenzuela

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cvalenzuelab

X/Twitter - https://x.com/c_valenzuelab

FIRSTMARK

Website - https://firstmark.com

X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/FirstMarkCap

Matt Turck (Managing Director)

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/turck/

X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/mattturck

(00:00) Intro – AI Video's Wild Year

(01:48) Runway's AI Film Festival Goes from Chinatown to IMAX

(04:02) Hollywood's Shift: From Ignoring AI to Adopting It at Scale

(06:38) How Runway Saves VFX Artists' Weekends of Work

(07:31) Inside Gen-4 and Aleph: Why These Models Are Game-Changers

(08:21) From Editing Tools to a "New Kind of Camera"

(10:00) Beyond Film: Gaming, Architecture, E-Commerce & Robotics Use Cases

(10:55) Why Advertising Is Adopting AI Video Faster Than Anyone Else

(11:38) How Creatives Adapt When Iteration Becomes Real-Time

(14:12) What Makes Someone Great at AI Video (Hint: No Preconceptions)

(15:28) The Early Days: Building Runway Before Generative AI Was "Real"

(20:27) Finding Early Product-Market Fit

(21:51) Balancing Research and Product Inside Runway

(24:23) Comparing Aleph vs. Gen-4, and the Future of Generalist Models

(30:36) New Input Modalities: Editing with Video + Annotations, Not Just Text

(33:46) Managing Expectations: Twitter Demos vs. Real Creative Work

(47:09) The Future: Real-Time AI Video and Fully Explorable 3D Worlds

(52:02) Runway's Business Model: From Indie Creators to Disney & Lionsgate

(57:26) Competing with the Big Labs (Sora, Google, etc.)

(59:58) Hyper-Personalized Content? Why It May Not Replace Film

(01:01:13) Advice to Founders: Treat Your Company Like a Model — Always Learning

(01:03:06) The Next 5 Years of Runway: Changing Creativity Forever

  continue reading

96 episodes

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