Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela joins Jason to discuss their suite of generative AI video editing tools (3:03), Runway's AI Film Festival and the rapid evolution of filmmaking (22:21), Runway's ability to lower the barrier to entry for aspiring filmmakers (36:05), and more!

(0:00) Jason kicks off the show

(3:03) What is Runway?

(6:39) Runway's text-to-video demo

(11:08) Clumio - Start a free backup, or sign up for a demo at https://clumio.com/twist

(12:08) Latent Diffusion paper

(16:30) The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

(20:51) Squarespace - Use offer code TWIST to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain at https://Squarespace.com/TWIST

(22:21) Runway's AI Film Festival

(29:08) The rapid evolution of filmmaking

(31:59) Favorite directors and films

(36:05) Lowering the barrier of entry to filmmaking

(41:20) Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub - Apply in 5 minutes for six figures in discounts at http://aka.ms/thisweekinstartups

(42:51) Driving costs of filmmaking to zero

(44:57) Training Runway's data set & Fan Fiction

(52:07) Runway's generative capabilities

(54:30) Safety concerns

(58:20) The challenges of operating Runway

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