Runway ML (Runway) is a New York-based generative AI company focused on video generation and world models. The company’s mission is to build AI systems that can understand, perceive, generate, and act in various worlds — combining art and science to simulate reality through AI.

Runway is best known for its Gen series text-to-video models (currently at Gen-4.5), renowned for smooth motion, strong prompt adherence, high visual fidelity, and cinematic-quality output. It is widely used in film production, advertising, and creative content creation. The company also develops tools such as General World Model (GWM) and real-time AI characters.