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Runway

AI research and creative tools company building generative video models and editing software for filmmakers, creators, and enterprises.
AI 📍 New York, NY Founded 2018
Current Valuation
$5.3B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Runway going public?
No. Runway is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Runway's valuation in 2026?
Runway is valued at $5.3B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series E ($315M, Feb 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Runway filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Runway.
Who are Runway's investors?
Runway's investors include General Atlantic, Nvidia, AMD Ventures, Google, Salesforce Ventures, SoftBank and 1 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Runway is a New York–based AI research lab building generative video models and creative software used by filmmakers, agencies, and enterprises. Its Gen-3 and Gen-4 models are among the leading text-to-video systems alongside OpenAI's Sora and Google's Veo. The company closed a $315M Series E in February 2026 led by General Atlantic at a $5.3B valuation, with participation from Nvidia and AMD Ventures.

Company Profile

CEO
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Founded
2018
HQ
New York, NY
Employees
~250
Total Raised
$1.0B
Est. Revenue
$90M (2025)
Growth
+180% YoY
Last Round
Series E — $315M (Feb 2026) · Lead: General Atlantic
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series E · $315M · 6 mo ago
privateTotal raised $1.0B

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series E$315MFeb 2026General Atlantic

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
881
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Runway" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
41
via ashby
Product-build share
37%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 37% builders vs 63% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month41Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM9Engineering6Research5Other4Marketing4Design3Support3Ops & People3Legal & Policy2
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Sr./Staff Product Designer, GrowthMember of Technical Staff, Backend Engineer, APIResearch Science Manager, Foundation ModelsMember of Technical Staff, Applied Research ScientistResearch Engineer, Data FoundationsEngineering Manager, API
Counted from Runway's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Cristóbal ValenzuelaAnastasis GermanidisAlejandro Matamala-Ortiz

Investors

General Atlantic · Nvidia · AMD Ventures · Google · Salesforce Ventures · SoftBank · Fidelity

Products

  • Gen-3 Alpha (text-to-video)
  • Gen-4 (world model)
  • Runway Studio web editor
  • Act-One (motion capture from video)
  • Frames (image model)
  • Runway API

Competitors

OpenAI Sora · Pika · Luma AI Dream Machine · Google Veo · Kling (Kuaishou) · Meta Movie Gen
AIgenerative-videocreative-toolsworld-modelsfilmmaking
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.