Cristóbal Valenzuela is co-founder and co-CEO of Runway, the generative media company known for AI video tools. He co-founded Runway in 2018 with Anastasis Germanidis and Alejandro Matamala after meeting at NYU's ITP program.123
At a glance
- Current role
- Co-founder and co-chief executive officer
- Company
- Runway
- Fields
- Generative media, Vision
- Honors
- 1
- Sources cited
- 3
- Profile reviewed
Accomplishments
- Co-founder and co-CEO of Runway.1
Runway
Valenzuela leads Runway as co-CEO. TIME100 AI and his site document the company's growth from NYU research roots into a major generative video platform.12
Timeline
- Co-founded Runway.3
Honors and recognition
- · 2
Where they work
- Runway 4 people in the wiki
Related people
- Patrick EsserAlso at Runway
- Yuval AlalufAlso at Runway
- Anastasis GermanidisAlso at Runway
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- Sayak PaulImage, video, and 3D generation · Computer vision
- Amir HertzImage, video, and 3D generation · Computer vision
- Richard ZhangComputer vision · Image, video, and 3D generation
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3 sources · profile reviewed Oct 23, 2026 · data updated Oct 24, 2026