Anastasis Germanidis
Co-founder & Co-CEO at Runway
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolAnastasis Germanidis is a seasoned technologist and startup leader with 15 years of experience building backend systems and machine learning-driven products. He co-founded Runway, evolving from CTO to Co-CEO, and has led the company through product and technical growth since 2018. His background spans backend engineering roles at Chartbeat, Quantcast, and Zocdoc, plus computer vision research at IBM Research, giving him a strong bridge between research and production engineering. An NYU-trained HCI practitioner with a CS BA from Wesleyan, he blends human-centered design sensibilities with scalable system architecture. An active open-source contributor, he has maintained and improved tooling like the autosub subtitle utility, showing attention to real-world developer workflows and release hygiene. Based in New York, he pairs hands-on technical depth with entrepreneurial leadership in AI-enabled media and tooling.
15 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, BA, Computer Science at Wesleyan UniversityMPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Human Computer Interaction, MPS, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Human Computer Interaction at New York University
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Github Skills (16)
ffmpeg10
python10
subtitle10
neural-network9
file-handling9
command-line-interface8
apim7
api7
finite-automata6
opencv6
turing-complete6
dictionary6
state-machine6
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java6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
agermanidis/autosub
Jun 2015 - Feb 2019
[NO LONGER MAINTAINED] Command-line utility for auto-generating subtitles for any video file
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:44 commits, 24 PRs, 52 pushes in 3 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Anastasis primarily contributed to bug fixes and minor enhancements for the autosub utility. They addressed issues related to file handling and argument parsing, as well as improved subtitle formatting and translation. The user also focused on version bumping, demonstrating their involvement in the project's release cycle and maintenance. Further contributions include adding VTT formatting for subtitles and adding a travis check.
transcripttranscriptioncommand-line-utilityvideosubtitles
agermanidis/Antipersona
Oct 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:31 commits, 16 pushes in 7 months
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