Video & Image Content Generation Tool

What is Gen-4.5 and how does it enhance video generation?

Gen-4.5 is Runway's latest video model and the world's best video model, featuring state-of-the-art motion quality, prompt adherence and visual fidelity. It produces cinematic and highly realistic outputs while offering limitless creative freedom and precise control over every aspect of generation.

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What is Runway Characters?

Runway Characters is a real-time video agent API that lets you build fully custom conversational characters. These video agents can have any appearance and any visual style, with full control over voice, personality, knowledge and actions. Built on Runway’s General World Model (GWM-1), Characters lets you generate expressive digital personas from a single image, with zero fine-tuning required.

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What is GWM-1 and what are its variants?

GWM-1 is a state-of-the-art General World Model built to interact with the real world in real time. It comes in three variants:

• GWM Worlds for explorable environments
• GWM Avatars for conversational characters
• GWM Robotics for robotic manipulation

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What are General World Models (GWM) and why do they matter?

General World Models (GWM) are Runway’s long-term research effort to build AI systems that understand the visual world and its dynamics. They aim to provide foundational models capable of understanding, perceiving, generating and acting within complex environments.

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What is Runway Research?

Runway Research focuses on building foundational General World Models that can simulate wide varieties of worlds and experiences. The work seeks to enable AI that can understand, perceive, generate and act in the world, driving the next frontier of intelligence.

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What is Runway Studios and how does it contribute to the entertainment industry?

Runway Studios is the entertainment and production arm of Runway, focused on producing and funding various media forms, including films, documentaries, music videos, and more. It acts as a creative incubator, hosting initiatives like the AI Film Festival and supporting diverse media projects to advance storytelling through AI-enabled creativity.

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What partnerships does Runway have?

Runway has formed notable partnerships to accelerate its technology and applications, including:

• NVIDIA: Partnered to advance Runway's video generation and world models using NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin architecture
• Lionsgate: Partnership to explore AI applications in film production

The site also highlights collaborations and case studies with institutions like UCLA and architectural firms such as KPF.

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What industries does Runway serve?

Runway’s work spans multiple industries, with explicit emphasis on Media and Entertainment as well as Robotics and Autonomy. The company highlights collaborations and use cases across sectors to advance AI-driven creativity and practical AI applications.

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How do I get started with Runway?

You can begin by exploring Runway on the site and selecting options like Try Runway or Get Started to access its tools and products.