Artificial Intelligence
Runway
A pioneer in AI-generated video, whose Gen-series models have become widely used tools for filmmakers, advertisers and creative studios. Runway raised $315 million in a Series E led by General Atlantic at a $5.3 billion valuation in February 2026 -- up from $3.3 billion roughly ten months earlier -- with NVIDIA, Fidelity, AllianceBernstein and Mirae participating, bringing total funding to $860 million and reaching an estimated $300 million in annualized recurring revenue, to fund pretraining of next-generation 'world models' beyond video generation alone.
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Evidence
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- Crunchbase News / Morphed — Runway's Gen-4.5 and world-model pretraining plans detailed52% source confidence
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Runway's Timeline
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Jan 2018 · Founded
Runway was founded to build AI-generated video tools for filmmakers and creative studios.
Apr 2025 · $308M Series D at $3.3B valuation
Runway raised a $308 million Series D at a $3.3 billion valuation.
Feb 2026 · Raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, releases Gen-4.5
Runway raised $315 million led by General Atlantic at a $5.3 billion valuation, with NVIDIA, Fidelity, AllianceBernstein and Mirae participating, bringing total funding to $860 million; the company released Gen-4.5, its latest AI video generation system featuring high-definition output, native audio, multi-shot generation and advanced editing, and introduced its first world model.