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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.

Subscribe to Equity on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

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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They’re Building FLOATING Nuclear Power Plants

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Take a look inside Bluecore Energy, a company newly out of stealth, building a prototype nuclear power plant on a barge.

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Unboxing Apple’s Darkest Pro iPhone Ever! The iPhone 18 Pro Max in Black

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iPhone 18 Pro Launch Day with Bridget

One More Thing’s Bridget Carey and a very sleepy CNET team checks out the iPhone 18 Pro’s launch day at Apple’s Fifth Ave location. Meet some of the first in line to buy the device as well as get a high-five from newly appointed CEO John Ternus! Read more about it on CNET.com Video Credits:…

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One More Thing’s Bridget Carey and a very sleepy CNET team checks out the iPhone 18 Pro’s launch day at Apple’s Fifth Ave location. Meet some of the first in line to buy the device as well as get a high-five from newly appointed CEO John Ternus!

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