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, an AI research and technology startup, said Tuesday that it has raised $315 million in a Series E round of funding.

led the financing, which included participation from , , , and 1聽, among others. The capital was raised at a $5.3 billion valuation, up from $3.3 billion at the time of its $308 million Series D round last April, which was also led by General Atlantic.

In total, the New York-based startup has raised $860 million since its 2018 inception.

Runway describes itself as an applied AI research company building world models for , as well as 鈥渃utting-edge鈥� video generation models that it says are used by tens of millions of consumers and enterprises. Put more simply, the company makes software that enables users to create videos using text prompts or images. Last year, Runway unveiled its new AI model, , which can create videos with consistent characters and backgrounds. It continues to iterate on that model.

Its funding round is another example of robust investor interest in video AI startups. Global funding for AI-related video companies in 2025 totaled $3.08 billion, per 附近上门 . That鈥檚 up 94.6% from the $1.58 billion raised by AI-related video startups in 2024. is another example of a company in the space that raised a large round in 2025 鈥� that was announced in November at a $4 billion valuation.

From film studios to fintech

Runway declined to reveal revenue figures, with Michelle Kwon, head of operations and partnerships, telling 附近上门 News only that the startup is 鈥済rowing extremely fast.鈥� The company sells its product on a subscription basis, with various pricing tiers for individual subscriptions and a per-seat model for enterprises.

Its customers are in a wide range of industries and include 鈥渆very major film studio,鈥� according to Kwon, in addition to advertising and marketing firms and in-house creative teams, ad and marketing teams, gaming companies and architecture firms. Its customers include , , , , , , , , , and .

Runway is increasingly working with robotics and autonomous vehicle companies, as its models 鈥渋mprove their ability to simulate real-world environments,鈥� Kwon told 附近上门 News.

鈥淲e鈥檝e continued to release industry-leading generative video models, including our latest, while also pushing further into world models, which we believe will be key to solving humanity鈥檚 hardest problems across fields like medicine, climate, energy and robotics,鈥� she said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e also expanded our compute infrastructure, in part through an with .鈥�

Runway plans to use its new capital to scale its research and products as it aims to sign larger enterprise contracts.

鈥淲e’ll expand our research capacity and compute infrastructure with an eye on building more capable world models, and continue to develop products on top of those models,鈥� Kwon said. 鈥淭his new money allows us to scale further and faster, both in terms of frontier research and in how we productize that research.鈥�

Runway also continues to boost headcount across all areas, but particularly research, engineering and go-to-market, she added.

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