# Runway AI

> Medium generative AI software company

Company page on Leadbay: https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/runwayml.com · loaded 2026-11-03

## At a glance

- Website: https://runwayml.com
- Team based in: New York (Leadbay's record and 2 more)
- Registered: California (no. 6329854) (register)
- Registry: California Secretary of State 6329854
- Founded: 2018 (linkedin.com and 2 more)
- Founders: Anastasis Germanidis, Cristóbal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala Ortiz
- Industry: Software Development
- Employees: 140 (employees and founders, investors not counted; builtinnyc.com; Sources disagree: 608 (runwayml.com, a company database))
- Total funding: $861.5M (runwayml.com and 1 more)
- Backed by: General Atlantic, Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, AMD Ventures, Fidelity Management & Research Company, AllianceBernstein, Mirae Asset, Emphatic Capital, Felicis Ventures, Premji Invest, Google, Salesforce Ventures, Coatue, QIA, SoftBank Group, Baillie Gifford
- Seen in its site's code: Next.js (/_next/static/), Cookiebot (consent.cookiebot.com), Google Workspace (MX alt4.aspmx.l.google.com), Mailchimp (TXT servers.mcsv.net), Zendesk (TXT mail.zendesk.com), Zoom (TXT ZOOM_verify), Slack (TXT slack-domain-verification) (read 2026-11-03)
- Email: press@runwayml.com
- Address: 18 WEST 18TH STREET 
 11TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10011

## What it sells, to whom

- Medium generative AI software company

## Why it stands out

- Selected for TIME’s 100 Most Influential Companies in 2023. ([cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_(company)))
- Ranked No. 45 on CNBC’s 2026 Disruptor 50 list. ([cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_(company)))
- Competes with: Luma AI, World Labs, Google (including Google’s generative-AI efforts) ([techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started-by-helping-filmmakers-now-it-wants-to-beat-google-at-ai/), [news.crunchbase.com](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/gen-ai-video-startup-unicorn-runway-seriese-raise/))

## Products and services

- **Runway Creative**: cloud creative suite for generating and editing video, images, and audio. ([runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/))
- **Runway Dev**: developer/API platform for combining models, modalities, tasks, and custom workflows. ([runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/))
- **Runway Robotics**: simulation and policy-inference toolkit powered by GWM-1. ([runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/))
- Gen-4.5 video-generation model and associated generation/editing tools. ([runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/product?gad_campaignid=23727585807))
- GWM-1 General World Model, including GWM Worlds, GWM Avatars, and GWM Robotics. ([runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/product?gad_campaignid=23727585807))
- **App Studio**: no-code custom creative apps using Runway Brand Kits and Workflows. ([runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/product?gad_campaignid=23727585807))

## Customers and markets

- **Customers**: Runway reports 50M+ creatives/users globally., Reported enterprise customers include Chime, Robinhood, Allstate, PayPal, Yamaha, Palo Alto Networks, Siemens, SoFi, Prudential, Gamma, and AAA., Media and production customers/partners include Lionsgate, AMC Networks, and Musixmatch; Runway says its customer base includes every major film studio, advertising and marketing firms, creative teams, gaming companies, and architecture firms., Public customer examples include Under Armour, History Channel, Amazon's House of David, Salomon, Sonos, Maison Margiela, Bentley Labs, Coca-Cola-related campaigns, BBC Studios, and Fremantle. ([news.crunchbase.com](https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/gen-ai-video-startup-unicorn-runway-seriese-raise/), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/), [runwayml.com](https://runwayml.com/enterprise))
- **Markets**: Global creator market: Runway says its products are used by more than 60 million creators worldwide. ([runway.com](https://runway.com/), [runway.com](https://runway.com/product), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/the-next-phase-of-enterprise-video-generation))
- **Markets**: Enterprise creative, marketing, advertising and production teams, with named customers or adopters including Amazon, Microsoft, Allstate, Adobe, Robinhood, Lionsgate, Paramount and Dolce & Gabbana. ([runway.com](https://runway.com/), [runway.com](https://runway.com/product), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/the-next-phase-of-enterprise-video-generation))

## Team

- Anastasis Germanidis, Co-founder & Co-CEO
- Cristóbal Valenzuela, Co-founder & CEO
- Alejandro Matamala Ortiz, Co-founder and chief innovation officer
- Alejandro Matamala, Cdo
- Anthony Maggio, Chief Product Officer
- Sean Holcombe, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
- Michelle Kwon, COO
- Kamil Sindi, Chief Technology Officer
- Jamie Umpherson, Chief Creative Officer
- Ryan Meeker, VP Revenue Strategy & Operations

Backed by: General Atlantic, Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, AMD Ventures, Fidelity Management & Research Company, AllianceBernstein, Mirae Asset, Emphatic Capital, Felicis Ventures, Premji Invest, Google, Salesforce Ventures

## Where to find more

- [This page in Markdown, for agents](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/company/runwayml.com.md)

## Decision makers

- [Anastasis Germanidis](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/anastasis-germanidis--runwayml.com.md), Co-founder & Co-CEO
- [Cristóbal Valenzuela](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/cristobal-valenzuela--runwayml.com.md), Co-founder & CEO
- [Alejandro Matamala Ortiz](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/alejandro-matamala-ortiz--runwayml.com.md), Co-founder and chief innovation officer
- [Alejandro Matamala](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/alejandro-matamala--runwayml.com.md), Cdo
- [Anthony Maggio](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/anthony-maggio--runwayml.com.md), Chief Product Officer
- [Sean Holcombe](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/sean-holcombe--runwayml.com.md), Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
- [Michelle Kwon](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/michelle-kwon--runwayml.com.md), COO
- [Kamil Sindi](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/kamil-sindi--runwayml.com.md), Chief Technology Officer
- [Jamie Umpherson](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/jamie-umpherson--runwayml.com.md), Chief Creative Officer
- [Ryan Meeker](https://mad-max.leadbay.ai/person/ryan-meeker--runwayml.com.md), VP Revenue Strategy & Operations

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## Best angle

2026-10-26 · Product: Launched App Studio, enabling users and teams to build no-code custom creative applications inside Runway (4 sources)

## Signals: what happened

- 2026-11-03 · Headcount: Headcount up 60% in a year (1 source: [A company database](https://runwayml.com/))
- 2026-10-26 · Product: Launched App Studio, enabling users and teams to build no-code custom creative applications inside Runway (4 sources: [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html), [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started-by-helping-filmmakers-now-it-wants-to-beat-google-at-ai/), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio))
- 2026-10-08 · Partnership: Runway was announced as a Claude Motion launch partner (4 sources: [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/runway-claude-marketplace), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/runway-claude-motion))
- 2026-10-01 · Traffic: Site visits up 2991% in 3 months, 5,031,333 a month (1 source: [A company database](https://runwayml.com/))
- 2026-09-08 · Product: Runway announced Premiere Pro and After Effects plugins (4 sources: [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/runway-claude-marketplace), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/runway-claude-motion))
- 2026-08-13 · News: Runway (company) (1 source: [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_(company)))
- 2026-08-05 · Events: The Runway AI Summit is coming to San Francisco this September. (1 source: [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/runwayml_the-runway-ai-summit-is-coming-to-san-francisco-activity-7490821701253902336-YJC7))
- 2026-06-01 · Fundraising: Corporate round (1 source: [A company database](https://runwayml.com/))
- 2026-05-19 · Partnership: CNBC highlighted Gen-4/Gen-4.5, Adobe and Nvidia collaborations, GWM-1, the AI Film Festival, IMAX partnership, and partnerships with EDGLRD, Fabula, and AMC Networks (4 sources: [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html), [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started-by-helping-filmmakers-now-it-wants-to-beat-google-at-ai/), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio))
- 2026-05-15 · Expansion: Coverage reported approximately 155 employees across six offices, major media deals, and continued expansion beyond video generation into world models (4 sources: [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html), [techcrunch.com](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started-by-helping-filmmakers-now-it-wants-to-beat-google-at-ai/), [runway.com](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio))
- 2025-08-26 · Interviews: Hollywood’s hottest AI partner… - Rapid Response (1 source: [podcasts.apple.com](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywoods-hottest-ai-partner-with-runways-crist%C3%B3bal/id1744024511?i=1000723569741))
- 2024-11-27 · News: Runway AI with Joel Kwartler (1 source: [archive.org](http://archive.org/details/9n1upz6y4htwozvpp1rpqsguiunruu1ekjhvolpm))

## Working on now

- Expanding from an AI video generator into three businesses: Runway Creative for end-to-end image/video/audio creation, Runway Dev for developer/API access, and Runway Robotics for simulation and policy inference powered by General World Models.
- Launching App Studio (October 26, 2026), which lets paid users build no-code custom creative applications around Brand Kits and Workflows; examples target localization, product catalogs, ecommerce, VFX/previsualization and enterprise-specific pipelines.
- Pushing agentic and multimodel production: Runway Agent plans and assembles media, while the platform offers Runway and third-party models and a model router optimized for quality, speed and cost.
- Building foundational General World Models for real-time interactive simulation, conversational characters, synthetic data and robotics; recent research includes GWM Worlds 2, Solaris and Runway Characters.
- Deepening enterprise adoption: Runway says its business more than doubled in 2026, NRR exceeded 300%, and major deployments include Amazon, Microsoft, Allstate, Adobe, Robinhood, Lionsgate and Paramount.

From: [Runway | Intelligent tools for scaling content and teams.](https://runway.com/), [Runway | AI Image and Video Generator](https://runway.com/product), [Runway News | Introducing Runway App Studio](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio), [Runway News | The Next Phase of Enterprise Video Generation](https://runway.com/news/company-news/the-next-phase-of-enterprise-video-generation), [AI Video Research & Innovation | Runway AI](https://runway.com/research)

## Summary

Runway AI, Inc. is a New York-based applied AI research company that builds generative models for video production and world simulation [1][2][3]. It offers a creative platform featuring tools for text-to-video generation, conversational editing, and animation, targeting individual creators, filmmakers, advertising agencies, and enterprise clients [4][5][6]. Founded in 2018 by Cristóbal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala-Ortiz, and Anastasis Germanidis [4][5], the company has raised $860 million in total funding [1][2]. Investors include General Atlantic, Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Adobe Ventures, Salesforce, and Google [4][7]. Runway monetizes through creative-platform subscriptions, usage-based API access, and enterprise model licensing [4][2]. Major customers include Lionsgate, AMC Networks, the BBC, and various Fortune 500 companies [1][6][7][3]. It competes with platforms like Luma AI, Pika, and Adobe, as well as tech giants Google (Veo) and OpenAI (Sora) [1][4][5]. The company also recently established its European headquarters in London [3].

[1]: https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/15/runway-started-by-helping-filmmakers-now-it-wants-to-beat-google-at-ai/ "Runway started by helping filmmakers — now it wants to beat Google at AI | TechCrunch"
[2]: https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/gen-ai-video-startup-unicorn-runway-seriese-raise/ "Gen AI Video Startup Runway Raises $315M Led By General Atlantic At $5.3B Valuation"
[3]: https://thenextweb.com/news/runway-london-european-headquarters "Runway picks London for its European headquarters with a $200m UK pledge"
[4]: https://sacra.com/c/runway/ "Runway revenue, valuation & funding | Sacra"
[5]: https://research.contrary.com/report/runway "Report: Runway Business Breakdown & Founding Story | Contrary Research"
[6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway_(company) "Runway (company)"
[7]: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/29/runway-a-startup-building-generative-ai-for-content-creators-raises-141m/ "Runway, a startup building generative AI for content creators, raises $141M | TechCrunch"
[8]: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/19/runway-cnbc-disruptor-50-ranking.html "45. Runway"

## Sources

- [Runway AI, Inc.'s website](https://runwayml.com)
- [Company record, via Exa](https://runwayml.com/)
- [Runway | Intelligent tools for scaling content and teams.](https://runway.com/)
- [Runway | AI Image and Video Generator](https://runway.com/product)
- [Runway News | Introducing Runway App Studio](https://runway.com/news/company-news/introducing-runway-app-studio)
- [Runway News | The Next Phase of Enterprise Video Generation](https://runway.com/news/company-news/the-next-phase-of-enterprise-video-generation)
- [AI Video Research & Innovation | Runway AI](https://runway.com/research)