Runway is a Foundation Models - Video & Image company founded in 2018 and based in New York, United States. It has raised $859.5M in total funding, most recently a Series E in 2026 at a $5.3B valuation.
| Date | Stage | Amount | Valuation | Lead investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2026 | Series E | $315M | $5.3B | General Atlantic |
| Apr 3, 2025 | Series D | $308M | $3.3B |
| General Atlantic |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Series C | $141M | $1.5B | Google, Nvidia, Salesforce Ventures |
| Dec 21, 2022 | Series C | $50M | $500M | Felicis Ventures |
| Dec 15, 2021 | Series B | $35M | $200M | Coatue |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Series A | $8.5M | — | Amplify Partners |
| Dec 1, 2018 | Seed | $2M | — | Compound |
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Runway's flagship video generation model featuring state-of-the-art motion quality, prompt adherence, and visual fidelity. Gen-4.5 enables filmmakers, editors, and content creators to generate high-definition videos from text prompts with native audio, long-form and multi-shot generation capabilities, character consistency, and advanced editing tools. The model excels at generating dynamic videos with realistic motion and superior understanding of physics and real-world dynamics.
Runway's state-of-the-art world model built to simulate reality in real time. GWM-1 comes in three interactive, controllable variants: GWM Worlds for explorable environments, GWM Avatars for conversational characters, and GWM Robotics for robotic manipulation. Designed for diverse applications across medicine, climate, energy, and robotics, GWM-1 enables users to generate and simulate entire environments while interacting with AI-generated characters.
A real-time video agent API enabling creators to build fully custom conversational AI characters with any appearance and visual style. Characters offers full control over voice, personality, knowledge, and actions. Powered by GWM-1, it generates expressive digital personas from a single image with zero fine-tuning required, supporting applications from customer support and brand engagement to gaming and entertainment.
Runway's integrated creative suite combining multiple AI models for image, video, audio, and editing in a unified browser-based and API platform. Features include video-to-video editing, motion tracking, compositing, object removal/addition, lighting adjustment, and node-based workflow creation. Designed for storytellers, filmmakers, and content producers to prototype and produce visual content with machine learning assistance across all creative industries.
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