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Cristóbal Valenzuela

Co-founder and co-CEO at Runway

Companies: Runway
Education: New York UniversityAdolfo Ibáñez UniversityAdolfo Ibáñez University
Based in: New York City
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Cristóbal Valenzuela

Cristóbal Valenzuela is co-founder and co-CEO of Runway, which develops generative media systems and world models. He founded the company in 2018 after studying at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program and working as an NYU researcher. His background combines business, design and creative technology: he trained in commercial engineering and earned a master's in innovation and design at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez before attending NYU.

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Runway

Dec 2018 — Present

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Founded Runway in 2018; became co-CEO alongside Anastasis Germanidis in February 2026.

Co-Founder & Co-CEORunway · Dec 2018 — Present

New York University

Jun 2018 — Feb 2019

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ResearcherNew York University · Jun 2018 — Feb 2019

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Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP)

Adolfo Ibáñez University

Magíster en Innovación y Diseño

Adolfo Ibáñez University

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entrepreneur.nyu.edu

Inside the Leslie Founders Roundtable with Cristóbal Valenzuela, Founder of Runway

A reported account of Valenzuela’s NYU founders roundtable on Runway’s origins, building creative AI tools, navigating rapid technical change, and lessons for student founders.

Creating New Realities with Runway | Cristóbal Valenzuela (Runway)

Valenzuela discusses Runway’s art-school origins, Gen-4 video generation, world models, data and reality, and the creative implications of AI.

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