AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool in AI-generated video has gone from novelty to creative tool almost overnight, and Runway has a front-row seat to the shift. The New York-based company has raised close to $860 million at a $5.3 billion valuation, and its models are going toe-to-toe with the most well-funded labs in the world, including Google and OpenAI. <\/p>\n
And the technology goes way beyond making videos: it’s now pushing into general world models with applications in gaming, robotics, and maybe something closer to general intelligence. <\/p>\n
On this episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, host Rebecca Bellan sits down with co-founder and CEO Cristobal Valenzuela to talk about where video generation goes from here, and why Runway’s ambitions now reach well beyond Hollywood. <\/p>\n
Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod. <\/p>\n
Chapters: <\/p>\n
00:00 Intro <\/p>\n
00:56 Can AI really replace Hollywood? <\/p>\n
04:18 Why “AI slop” fears miss the point <\/p>\n
08:23 Research lab, software company, or creative studio? <\/p>\n
13:42 From video generation to world models, explained <\/p>\n
17:36 Omni models and multimodal training <\/p>\n
19:31 Real-time video and the “Characters” product <\/p>\n
22:33 Are AI companions inherently dystopian? <\/p>\n
25:59 Physical AI and robotics <\/p>\n
28:35 Where growth is coming from: enterprise and prosumer <\/p>\n
29:31 Outro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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