Startup Runway has raised a $315 million round at a $5.3 billion valuation, funds it will use to expand beyond AI video generation and into world models.

The 2026 CNBC Disruptor 50 list will be revealed Tuesday, May 19th Runway announced Gen 4.5, a new AI model that allows users to generate high-definition videos based on written prompts. The model ...

Runway has spent the past seven years building visual-generating tools for the creative industry. Now, it sees a new opportunity for its technology: robotics. As Runway’s world models started to ...

Startups Runway AI Inc. and DeepSeek today released two foundation models that they say can outperform algorithms developed by the tech industry’s largest players. Runway’s new algorithm, Gen-4.5, ...

AI company Runway has announced what it calls its first world model, GWM-1. It’s a significant step in a new direction for a company that has made its name primarily on video generation, and it’s part ...