
Joaquín Cuenca Abela
@cuenca
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CEO & Founder @Freepik • Ex @Google • Co-founder @BeSoccer_es (acq Livesport) • Founder Panoramio (acq by Google)
London, England
Joined September 2008
We just made image generation unlimited on Freepik. No tokens. no caps. no waiting. Generate as much as you want. We've wanted to do this for a long time, but it was just too expensive to do it. Why do we do it now?
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So proud of the team making this real. AI video isn’t a future concept anymore, it’s here, and it’s on Freepik.
One prompt to production-ready videos in minutes Sora 2 is now on Freepik. Realistic motion, synced audio, physics that actually make sense Examples + prompts that REALLY work below 🧵
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I know we are all excited about Sora 2, but don't sleep on the other models. Runway Aleph is a powerful tool as you can essentially control AI generated characters using videos recorded with your phone. And it's now on Freepik 🔥 To use Runway Aleph on Freepik, head to the new
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if you’re using the product in good faith, thank you. You’re why we’re making these decisions carefully, even when they’re unpopular. We’re listening. we’re adjusting and we’ll keep working to make sure the product holds up as we grow.
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We’re also updating the FAQ to reflect these changes clearly, we believe that limits shouldn’t be hidden. If we have to draw lines, we’ll make them visible and fair. https://t.co/wxK54U3646
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This kind of intervention isn’t exciting, but it gave us space to do something more important: improve the system. → higher concurrency per plan → longer queue capacity → better performance under load in short: fewer failures, smoother experience.
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So we’ve made a change: - if more than 8 generations are triggered at once, we now apply a soft slowdown. It’s not about limiting ambition, it’s about keeping things stable for the people who use it as intended.
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We’ve been seeing rising misuse on the platform, especially around unlimited image generations: Automated usage, bots, etc. None of it was malicious (hopefully) but it was slowly breaking the experience for everyone else, and it was against our T&C.
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Not every product decision is about growth. Some are just about protecting what’s already there, and making sure it doesn’t quietly fall apart under pressure. We just made one of those decisions.
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This from @natfriedman's (brilliant) personal website is a great explanation for why telling founders to go slow and take their time is terrible advice. There's no tradeoff between speed and quality for startups.
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First video model with integrated audio on @freepik after Veo3, at a fraction of the cost. AI keeps getting cheaper and cheaper
Introducing Wan 2.5 🚀 Create immersive AI videos with fluid motion, built-in audio and voice. Supporting text-to-video and start images Available now for all users
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AI needs its own Toy Story
AI films will never work. Unwatchable. Just slop and crap. Soulless. Trash Right… and the Moon is made out of chocolate. This is a sick short by @FilmsBySav
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2 of them are from 🇩🇪🇪🇺 Imagine @bundeskanzler say: “ let’s cut red tape and move the billions ripped off founders spend in notary fees to invest them in GPUs, AI Research” @_FriedrichMerz , you’d win the next election
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The secret is finally out! Spaces will be opening beta access soon so be sure to join the waitlist
Welcome to Freepik Spaces A single place where ideas live, connected through real-time workflows Our CEO and CPO are presenting the future of Freepik live from Upscale Studios NYC Join the waitlist below
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I didn’t realize it took me so long to answer, but it seems I’m in good company. Thank you again for the interview!
The Steve Jobs Pause: 18 seconds. The @cuenca Pause: 13 seconds. Proof that great leaders move fast. Think slow. Joaquin, Co-Founder/CEO @freepik , gave me an answer that was worth the wait! Watch out for the full episode dropping shortly.
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Alex, impressive work 👏 $50M run rate and 11M users in 5 months is a huge achievement We have >100M users, more than all top AI platforms combined, and we're not on that report neither. Don’t take it personal, A16Z’s report is an ad. Keep building!
Proud to share we have reached a $50M Run Rate in 5 months since our launch. And became the first video GenAI pacing ahead of CodeGen like Lovable, Replit & Cursor! However, in the recent report by @a16z we’ve still been overlooked. Actually Higgsfield already has more users
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