Mastering AI Video Marketing w/ Magnific CEO Joaquín Cuenca Abela | AI Basics

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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