--- title: AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation,... description: Runway raised $315M at a $5.3B valuation to develop next-generation world models beyond AI video generation. The company released Gen 4.5, which outperformed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models-dmwe4s7re twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models | daily.dev og:description: Runway raised $315M at a $5.3B valuation to develop next-generation world models beyond AI video generation. The company released Gen 4.5, which outperformed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/ai-video-startup-runway-raises-315m-at-5-3b-valuation-eyes-more-capable-world-models-dmwe4s7re og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DMWE4S7RE.png og:image:alt: AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AI video startup Runway raises $315M at $5.3B valuation, eyes more capable world models **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Runway raised $315M at a $5.3B valuation to develop next-generation world models beyond AI video generation. The company released Gen 4.5, which outperformed Google and OpenAI on video generation benchmarks, and its first world model in December. Runway is expanding from media and entertainment into gaming, robotics, and other industries, competing with World Labs and Google DeepMind. The round was led by General Atlantic with participation from Nvidia, Adobe Ventures, and others. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Runway started by helping filmmakers. 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