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▶ 144:40 · AI Economics & Business Models · Generative AI pricing will converge to utility model; current subsidy wars are unsustainable
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KREA.AI: la startup de IA con más de 30 millones de usuarios | itnig podcast

2026-05-07 · 10 company · 6 thematic
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diego rodríguez

Diego Rodríguez co-founded Krea.ai with Víctor Pérez. He introduced Víctor to AI/ML during their audiovisual engineering studies at UPF Barcelona. He focuses on product strategy, enterprise go-to-market, and the creative workflow integration of Krea's platform.

víctor pérez

Víctor Pérez co-founded Krea.ai in 2022 after researching GANs and generative art since 2017. He has a background in music production and audiovisual engineering, and led Krea's transition from API aggregator to training proprietary diffusion models on owned GPU infrastructure.

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