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For Runway, AI video was step one. Now they’re trying to build worlds | Equity Podcast

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…

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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.

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.

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.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:56 Can AI really replace Hollywood?

04:18 Why “AI slop” fears miss the point

08:23 Research lab, software company, or creative studio?

13:42 From video generation to world models, explained

17:36 Omni models and multimodal training

19:31 Real-time video and the “Characters” product

22:33 Are AI companions inherently dystopian?

25:59 Physical AI and robotics

28:35 Where growth is coming from: enterprise and prosumer

29:31 Outro

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NASA Launches The Roman Space Telescope: Earth’s New Orbiting Observatory

NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orbiting Observatory was named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman and can produce images from deep space 100 times larger than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Read more about…

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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from the historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Orbiting Observatory was named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, Nancy Grace Roman and can produce images from deep space 100 times larger than NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

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WILDEST Highlights From China’s Humanoid Robot Olympics

Check out the highlights of the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Read more about it on CNET.com Beijing’s ‘Robot Olympics’ Are Off and Running (and Falling) Timecode Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:25 Record-Breaking Robots 1:03 Robot Fails 1:16 Takeaways 1:38 Conclusion Video Credits: Host: Jesse Orrall Scripted by: Jesse Orrall Producer: Jesse Orrall…

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Check out the highlights of the second annual World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing.

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0:25 Record-Breaking Robots
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1:38 Conclusion

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What Meta’s Settlements Means for TikTok and Youtube

Meta’s $18 billion settlement could have consequences far beyond Meta. Equity’s Kirsten Korosec and Sean O’Kane break down how the deal could put pressure on YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms to play by similar rules and whether they’ll actually follow Meta’s lead. Listen to the latest episode of Equity wherever you get your podcasts.

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Meta’s $18 billion settlement could have consequences far beyond Meta.

Equity’s Kirsten Korosec and Sean O’Kane break down how the deal could put pressure on YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms to play by similar rules and whether they’ll actually follow Meta’s lead.

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