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February 12, 2026
Runway Bags $315M, Now Worth $5.3B for AI Video
Published: February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Updated: February 12, 2026 at 5:09 AM
100-word summary
Runway just closed a $315 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation, led by General Atlantic with backing from Nvidia, Fidelity, and Adobe Ventures. The cash fuels its Gen 4.5 video model—which beats Google and OpenAI on benchmarks—and its first world model, GWM-1, which simulates reality at 24fps in 720p for robotics and life sciences. Runway's also partnering with CoreWeave for compute and scaling to 140 employees. This positions Runway as a serious contender in the AI video race, potentially unlocking real-time simulation tools that could reshape robotics training and creative workflows industry-wide.
What happened
Runway just closed a $315 million Series E at a $5.3 billion valuation, led by General Atlantic with backing from Nvidia, Fidelity, and Adobe Ventures. The cash fuels its Gen 4.5 video model—which beats Google and OpenAI on benchmarks—and its first world model, GWM-1, which simulates reality at 24fps in 720p for robotics and life sciences. Runway's also partnering with CoreWeave for compute and scaling to 140 employees.
Why it matters
This positions Runway as a serious contender in the AI video race, potentially unlocking real-time simulation tools that could reshape robotics training and creative workflows industry-wide.