Runway

Runway is an AI suite for building and generating video and image content, designed to bring cinematic motion quality, strong prompt adherence, and high visual fidelity to your creative workflow.

At the center is Gen-4.5, Runway’s generative video model focused on delivering realistic, cinematic outputs while giving you creative freedom and precise control over generation. It’s built to help you turn prompts into highly polished video creations.

Runway also supports real-time world-model experiences and specialized capabilities. With Runway Characters, you can build custom conversational video agent personas (appearance and visual style included) from a single image with no fine-tuning required. Runway’s General World Model research (GWM-1) is offered in variants for explorable environments, conversational avatars, and robotics.

Beyond the core models, Runway pairs product development with research and entertainment initiatives, spanning media and entertainment as well as robotics and autonomy—aiming to simulate the world by merging art and science.

What is Gen-4.5 on Runway?

Gen-4.5 is Runway’s generative video model designed for state-of-the-art motion quality, prompt adherence, and visual fidelity to produce cinematic, highly realistic outputs.

What can I build with Runway Characters?

Runway Characters lets you create fully custom conversational video agents with any appearance and visual style, plus control over voice, personality, knowledge, and actions.

How does Runway Characters create a character?

You can generate expressive digital personas from a single image, with zero fine-tuning required.

What is GWM-1 and what are its variants?

GWM-1 is Runway’s general world model built to simulate reality in real time. It comes as GWM Worlds (explorable environments), GWM Avatars (conversational characters), and GWM Robotics (robotic manipulation).

Is Runway focused only on video generation?

No—Runway spans generative video, real-time video agents, and world-model research for interactive simulation and robotics, with an explicit focus on media and entertainment as well as robotics and autonomy.

How do I start using Runway?

Use the Runway site options like “Try Runway” or “Get Started” to access the available tools and products.