#runway

Runway introduced Characters on March 9, 2026, a real-time video agent API built on GWM-1. The company says developers can create and control custom conversational avatars from a single image without fine-tuning.

Runway has raised $315 million in Series E financing led by General Atlantic. The company says the capital will fund next-generation world-model pretraining and expansion into new products and industries.

AI video startup Runway closed a $315M round led by General Atlantic, raising its valuation to $5.3B. The company is expanding beyond video generation with its GWM-1 world model for 3D simulation.