Media, Ads & Creative AISeries EWorkflowℹRunway
World simulation meets creative production.
Company snapshot
- Stage
- Series E
- Funding
- Series E · $315M · Feb 10, 2026
- Status
- published
- Updated
- Nov 8, 2026
- Views
- Category
- Media, Ads & Creative AI
- Website
- runway.com
What they're building
World simulation meets creative production. Runway develops world models and creative AI tools that let artists and enterprises generate, edit, and simulate video, characters, and interactive environments.
Founders
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Co-founder and co-CEO
Anastasis Germanidis
Co-founder and co-CEO
Alejandro Matamala Ortiz
Co-founder
Foundation model usage
Editorial estimates from product descriptions. Model providers and actual usage are not confirmed.
- Inferred architecture
- Multimodal processing
- Estimated model demand
- High intensity
NYC footprint
- Documented NYC location
- 18 West 18th Street, Floor 11, New York, NY 10011 · Current occupancy not confirmed; see sources below.
Funding
Latest funding: Series E · $315M · Feb 10, 2026. Lead investor: General Atlantic.
Sources & location evidence
Open research desk ↗Profile source review: 2026-11-04. Current AI product, canonical identity, active operations and NYC presence. Funding not rechecked unless a linked funding correction is recorded. Current About page explicitly lists a New York office among several global offices; classified conservatively as office rather than inferring a current headquarters. Salesforce Ventures verifies all three founders. Product positioning now extends from creative video to world models.
- https://runway.com/about ↗
- https://runway.com/news/runway-series-e-funding ↗
- https://salesforceventures.com/perspectives/welcome-runway/ ↗
- https://tisch.nyu.edu/giving/the-tisch-gala/tisch-gala-2026/cristobal-valenzuela.html ↗
- https://modal.com/runtime/speakers ↗
- https://runway.com/ ↗
- https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/runway-ml/c73b244e-1bca-4bc3-94a7-7deb11f30011 ↗
- https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/runway-ml/1c757b83-d669-4100-9ccd-5d50d7a68986 ↗
Manhattan · reported office
18 West 18th Street, Floor 11, New York, NY 10011. Current occupancy not confirmed. Current primary company page confirms NYC office and remote options but no street. 2024 Newmark lease table reports 18 West 18th Street; February 2026 federal complaint alleges principal place of business there. Exact street remains reported rather than primary occupied-office confirmation. Old directory addresses 201 Moore Street Brooklyn and 79 Walker Street should not establish current borough.
Careers in AI Video Technology | Runway AI ↗Source checked 2026-11-03
Notes
Runway is tagged workflow based on buyer clarity, repeat workflow activity, public activity, and fit with the AI Atlas map.
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