Runway

Runway is a creative AI platform for generating and editing video and images in a single cloud workspace. It’s designed to help individuals and teams scale production workflows with outputs that emphasize motion quality, prompt adherence, and visual fidelity.

At the core is Gen-4.5, Runway’s generative video model built to produce cinematic, realistic results from prompts. Use it to turn creative ideas into polished video content, with a focus on maintaining strong alignment between what you ask for and what the model generates.

Runway also supports interactive, agent-style and world-model experiences. With Runway Characters, you can create custom conversational video agent personas—including appearance and visual style—starting from a single image with no fine-tuning required. In addition, Runway’s General World Model (GWM-1) is offered in variants for explorable environments (GWM Worlds), conversational avatars (GWM Avatars), and robotics use cases (GWM Robotics).

Runway offers multiple offerings: Runway Creative (the all-in-one creative suite) for individuals and teams, Runway Dev (an API platform for developers building at scale), and Runway Robotics (a toolkit for policy inference through photorealistic simulation powered by GWM-1). Enterprise usage includes an offer of 2 months of usage free for enterprises that sign by 10/31.

What does Runway help me create?

Runway helps you generate and edit video and images in a cloud workspace. It also includes tools for agent-style video experiences and world-model capabilities for simulation-oriented workflows.

What is Gen-4.5 on Runway used for?

Gen-4.5 is Runway’s generative video model focused on delivering state-of-the-art motion quality, prompt adherence, and visual fidelity. It’s meant to produce cinematic, highly realistic video outputs from prompts.

How do I create a custom conversational video agent with Runway Characters?

You can generate a character persona from a single image with zero fine-tuning required. You can define appearance and visual style, and configure aspects like voice, personality, knowledge, and actions.

What is GWM-1 and how do its variants differ?

GWM-1 is Runway’s general world model for real-time simulation. Use GWM Worlds for explorable environments, GWM Avatars for conversational characters, and GWM Robotics for robotics-focused manipulation and evaluation tasks.

Is Runway only for video generation?

No. Runway spans generative video and image creation, real-time video agent experiences, and world-model research aimed at simulation and robotics applications.

Does Runway offer free access or trials?

Yes—Runway Creative and Teams include a free trial option (“Try free, cancel anytime”). Enterprise also offers 2 months of usage free for enterprises that sign by 10/31.