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Anastasis GermanidisAnastasis Germanidis

Anastasis Germanidis

Co-Founder & CTO / Runway

Anastasis Germanidis is the Co-Founder and CTO of Runway, an applied AI research company known for shaping the next era of art and entertainment through generative video models. Based in New York City, he is an engineer, researcher, and artist with a focus on advancing video generation and building multimodal systems. His professional background includes experience as a backend engineer at Zocdoc and Chartbeat, and a machine learning researcher at IBM Research.

MPS, New York University
United States
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Work Experience

RunwayRunway
Runway

Co-Founder & CTO

Nov 2018 - Present
Position
Co-Founder & CTO
ZocdocZocdoc
Zocdoc

Backend Engineer

Jun 2018 - Nov 2018
Position
Backend Engineer
IBM ResearchIBM Research
IBM Research

Machine Learning Researcher - Computer Vision

Jun 2017 - Jan 2018
Responsibilities
* Summer & Fall Research Intern * Deep learning research in video understanding as part of the Multimedia and Vision group.
ChartbeatChartbeat
Chartbeat

Backend Engineer

Mar 2015 - Sep 2016
Position
Backend Engineer
QuantcastQuantcast
Quantcast

Backend Engineer

Jun 2013 - Jan 2014
Position
Backend Engineer

Education

New York UniversityNew York University
New York University

MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program

2016 - 2018
Field of Study
MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program - Human Computer Interaction
W
Wesleyan University

BA

2009 - 2013

Key Facts

Core Competencies

Anastasis Germanidis is a Co-Founder and CTO of Runway, a leading applied AI research company focused on generative video and multimodal systems. His work centers on pushing the boundaries of AI to shape the future of art, entertainment, and human creativity.

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Field of Study
BA - Computer Science
Current Role

Co-Founder & CTO at Runway, focusing on advancing video generation models and building multimodal AI systems.

Expertise

Expert in applied AI research, particularly in video generation, computer vision, and deep learning.

Background

Technologist, engineer, and artist based in New York City, known for creating software frameworks and speculative interfaces.

Key Achievement

Key figure in the development of Runway's world models, including the physics-aware GWM-1.

AI & Research
Generative AIVideo Generation ModelsMultimodal AIComputer VisionDeep Learning
Technical Skills
Distributed SystemsBackend EngineeringPythonJavaScriptNode.js