Runway (platform)
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A to Z
- A · App
- Yes
- B · Built By
- Runway
- C · CEO & Politics
- Cristóbal Valenzuela — No public partisan activity documented
- D · Date
- 2023
- E · Expertise
- Beginner (app available)
- F · Free Tier
- Yes
- G · Generates
- Images, Video
- H · Deployment
- Cloud
- I · Inputs
- Text
- J · Jurisdiction
- USA
- K · Key Staffers
- Cristóbal Valenzuela (CEO & Co-Founder)
- L · Languages
- English-primary
- M · Model Type
- AI Platform
- N · Safety Issues
- Synthetic media risks: potential copyright/style imitation issues, deepfake or deceptive content misuse, bias in generated outputs, and prompt/NSFW policy bypass attempts.
- O · Open Source
- Proprietary
- P · Pricing
- Free (125 one-time credits); Standard $15/mo, Pro $35/mo, Max $95/mo (20% less billed yearly); team, enterprise and API pricing separate
- Q · AIDb Rating
- [UNKNOWN]
- R · What Makes It Special
- Runway, the company building what it calls 'Real-World Intelligence' models that understand, simulate and act in the world, offered through three platforms: Runway Creative, a cloud suite for generating and editing video, images and audio that Runway says 60 million+ creatives use; Runway Dev, an API platform for models from Runway and other labs; and Runway Robotics, simulation and policy tools built on its GWM-1 General World Model. It bills Gen-4.5 as the world's best video model.
- S · Stock / Status
- Private ($5.3B valuation, Feb 2026)
- T · Training Cutoff
- [UNKNOWN]
- U · Users
- [UNKNOWN]
- V · Voice Chat
- No
- W · Weights
- API only
- X · X Handle
- @runwayml
- Y · Year Founded
- [UNKNOWN]
- Z · Bottom Line
- Proprietary AI Platform from Runway, released 2023.
Data completeness 85% · Last verified 2026-05-12 · Primary source ↗
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“Runway (platform).” AIDb — The AI Database. Verified 2026-05-12. https://theaidatabase.com/m/runway-platform.html
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