Runway
Create or edit images and video with generative tools.
Runway Funding History
Runway is a US AI company that develops the Gen video generation models and visual effects tools offered on the Runway platform.
Company Overview
Founded 2018 · New York, New York
Official WebsiteRunway Funding Timeline
Series E
US$315 million
Runway said the round would fund work on world models and simulated environments.
Led by General Atlantic.
Source · en.wikipedia.org ↗Series D
US$308 million
Runway said the financing would advance its media-generation research and expand Runway Studios, its film and animation studio.
Led by General Atlantic. Participation included Fidelity Investments, NVIDIA, SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
Source · runway.com ↗Series C Extension
US$141 million
Runway said the extension would expand its in-house research and help bring multimodal AI systems into its creative tools.
Participation included Google.
Source · en.wikipedia.org ↗Series C
US$50 million
Runway said it would use the funding to develop new creative tools and continue its research into multimodal AI.
Led by Felicis.
Source · en.wikipedia.org ↗Series B
US$35 million
Coatue joined as the lead investor, with existing investors also participating.
Led by Coatue. Participation included Amplify Partners, Lux Capital.
Source · runway.com ↗
Runway Founding Team
Runway’s founding team worked at the intersection of creative tools and machine learning. The company’s work has since expanded into video generation models and visual effects. The founding team included Alejandro Matamala Ortiz and Anastasis Germanidis.
- Cristóbal Valenzuela — CEO. Previously co-founded Vocabulary and was an NYU ITP alum.
Runway Products
Runway Characters
Turn a still photo into a video character that can converse in real time.
Runway Company Development
Production Tools Give Creators More Control Over Shots
Runway widened the scope of its visual tools beyond producing a clip from a prompt. Aleph and Act-Two reflect production tasks that happen around generation: editing existing footage and controlling a character's performance.
Runway Competitive Landscape
Performance Control in Generative Video
In creative production, producing an attractive first clip and directing a shot are different tasks. Runway's performance and editing tools matter when the team needs an existing character or shot to behave a particular way across iterations.
