# Runway

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/runway-gen-2gen-3
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/runway-gen-2gen-3.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/runway-gen-2gen-3/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://runwayml.com
- **Slug:** runway-gen-2gen-3
- **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, design-creative-software

## Overview

- **Tagline:** Runway is shifting from simple media generation to foundational 'General World Models' that simulate physical laws for both creative and robotic applications.
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** Runway is an applied AI research company focused on building foundational General World Models (GWM) to simulate the world. They provide state-of-the-art generative video models, including Gen-4.5, and tools for interactive world simulation, robotics, and real-time video agents.
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - Gen-4.5 Video Model
  - GWM-1 (General World Models)
  - Runway Characters
  - GWM Worlds (Interactive Simulation)
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Subscription / Enterprise / Usage-based
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Media & Entertainment, Robotics, Autonomous Systems, Creative Professionals
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - Luma Dream Machine
  - OpenAI (Sora)
  - Pika Labs
  - Stable Video Diffusion (Stability AI)
Source: Brand's website (https://runwayml.com) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-17.