
Mastering AI Video Marketing w/ Magnific CEO Joaquín Cuenca Abela | AI Basics
From This Week in Startups by Jason Calacanis
April 30, 2026 · 23 min
About this episode
The episode discusses how generative AI is transforming video marketing for startups with Joaquín Cuenca Abela.
The TWiST AI Basics series is made possible by Google Cloud!Check out Google Cloud’s new report, “Future of AI: Perspectives on generative media for startups,” Featuring thoughts from today’s guest, Joaquín Cuenca AbelaVisit: goo.gle/futureofgenmedia to check it out!Today’s show:In today’s edition of TWiST AI Basics, J-Cal is joined by Joaquin Cuenca Abela, co-founder and CEO of Magnific (formerly known as Freepik). We’re discussing how generative AI is transforming the creative landscape for startups.In watching today’s show you’ll have-consider your expectations of what AI video can actually do for you and your business. What used to take a high end production team months and tens of thousands of dollars now takes 24 hours and one person with patience to learn the right tools. This conversation explores how founders can use these tools to scale their creative output better, cheaper, and faster.Timestamps:0:00 Google Cloud - Check out Google Cloud's new report, "Future of AI: Perspectives on generative media for startups," Featuring thoughts from today's guest, Joaquín Cuenca Abela at https://goo.gle/futureofgenmedia1:10 Welcome to AI Basics, presented by Google…
People in this episode
Host: Jason Calacanis
Guest: Joaquín Cuenca Abela
Topics covered
- AI video marketing
- generative AI
- creative tools
- startups
- advertising
- technology
Keywords
- AI
- video marketing
- generative media
- startups
- creative output
- advertising
- technology
Sponsors
Google Cloud
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Magnific, Freepik
Books & works: Future of AI: Perspectives on generative media for startups
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