Then on the Founder Stage, Runway’s Co-founder and CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela joined Yazhou Sun of Bloomberg to unpack that journey, discuss the company’s newest advancements, and explore the role of world models in bringing video generation closer to general intelligence. Runway’s story began as an art-school project and evolved into a creative AI platform transforming how humans and machines make sense of the world.
From building a startup acquired by Google to helping run Y Combinator, Qasar Younis has seen what it takes to scale ideas that move the world forward. Interviewed by Iain Martin of Forbes, the now Co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition shared how those experiences shaped the way he’s building a $15B AI company powering autonomy from sea to space.
Day 2 kicked out with Miki Kuusi, CEO of Deliveroo and Head of DoorDash, Andreas Klinger, Investor at PROTOTYPE and EU–INC, and Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy at the European Commission, about how building in Europe can feel like playing on hard mode. Aimed for the 28th Regime and a united Europe.
Carl Pei, Co-founder and CEO of Nothing, joined Tom Hulme from GV (Google Ventures), to explore what it takes to build hardware that stands out in a software-driven world. HARDWARE, Hardware, hardware.
Big congrats to Diffraqtion, who won this year’s Slush 100 startup competition with over a thousand applicants, and is getting the €1M equity funding from Cherry Ventures and General Catalyst.
“How to tell a story. The kind that makes people listen, believe, and care” was the next inspirational talk by Tariq Musa, who has shaped brands like Burberry, Apple, Nike, and Airbnb, and is now the Co-founder of Science x Story, interviewed by Antoine Nussenbaum, Co-founder and Partner at Felix Capital.
Or James Hawkins, Co-founder and Co-CEO of PostHog, about building a cult.
Hard to pick the best content; every corner is full of knowledge.
😀 Even the Afterparty.
SLUSH 2025 Out.
