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Runway
Runway builds cloud-based generative AI tools for creating, editing and transforming video, with products that now reach from text-to-video generation to AI-assisted in-context editing and performance capture. It is one of the most visible companies in generative video, and its relevance to media teams is practical rather than abstract: faster previs, cheaper visual iteration, and some potentially useful shortcuts for post and VFX work. The caveat is the usual one with AI video, only louder: impressive demos do not remove the need for creative judgment, rights review, and plenty of human cleanup.
Runway sells access to a cloud platform and developer API for generative video, image and editing workflows. Its tools include video generation models such as Gen-4 and Gen-4.5, in-context video editing through Aleph and Aleph 2.0,…
