Cristóbal Valenzuela

At-a-Glance

Named one of the TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI (TIME100 AI) in September 2023
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Runway, an AI research company
Co-founded Runway in 2018 with Anastasis Germanidis and Alejandro Matamala
Contributes to open-source software projects, including ml5.js
Holds a media arts degree from ITP NYU's Tisch School of the Arts (2018) and degrees from Adolfo Ibáñez University (2012)

Biography

Cristóbal Valenzuela is a Chilean-born technologist, software developer, and the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Runway. He co-founded Runway in 2018 in New York City with Anastasis Germanidis and Alejandro Matamala. The company's mission is to create new tools for human imagination using generative AI.

Valenzuela's academic background includes a bachelor's degree in economics and business management, along with a master's degree in arts in design from Adolfo Ibáñez University in 2012.