Motion & Video · Freelance & Business
Fred & Farid: a year of experiments before launching an AI-first studio
Runway says the agency spent a year testing tools with 26 people before opening a 30-person AI studio in four cities.
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WHAT THEY DID
Founder Frédéric Raillard set up a year of experiments across the US and China, producing hundreds of thousands of images and about 50 videos, entered a short-film competition, and then moved from stills combined with filmed faces to full video, consolidating onto one tool.
HOW IT WENT
He says a spec ad took three weeks with the old multi-tool process and that AI is “10 times cheaper and faster”, an unverified claim. A spec ad led to a place on Fox Entertainment’s trailer roster.
WORTH KNOWING
The founder names legal teams as the main holdout. Vendor-published and undated.
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Source: Runway · UndatedOpen as a page
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- Runway Customers | From Traditional Agency to AI Studio: How Fred & Farid Pioneered a New Era of Advertising with Runway
Runway · Runway · Publication date not stated · Checked Oct 20, 2026
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