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Introducing Image to Video for Gen-4.5, the world's best video model. Built for longer stories. Precise camera control. Coherent narratives. And characters that stay consistent. Gen-4.5 Image to Video is available now for all paid plans.

Earlier this week, we brought nearly 700 leaders together in New York for @runwayml's inaugural AI Summit — and the energy in the room made one thing clear: the creative industry is at an inflection point. Across media, entertainment, gaming, advertising, and legal, two themes emerged consistently: Taste and transparency matter as much as capability. And the companies that will lead tomorrow are the ones embracing AI today. -Kathleen Kennedy of @Lucasfilm reminded us that taste is fundamental to the art of filmmaking — and that AI, in the right hands, will help us tell even better stories. -@HElsakr19489 (@Adobe) and @philwiser (@paramountco) shared how their organizations are navigating AI adoption honestly — leaning into the possibilities while being clear-eyed about the realities. -Creative principals at UNVEIL Studio and @Silverside_AI pushed this further: for them, AI isn't just a tool. It is the medium. -Christopher Harrelson of Why Brands shared a striking data point: designers using Runway have seen a 5x efficiency gain — enabling more work, faster iteration, and higher-quality outputs. Runway's own @theeddylee grounded it all in a sobering reality: only 10% of US businesses use AI in production, and 55% of corporate communications are still text-only, even as video drives 70% of internet traffic. The gap between where most companies are and where they need to be is wide. Can't wait to see what our next summit (un)covers!

The submission deadline for the #RunwayBigAdContest has been extended to 9 am ET, April 2nd. Good luck to all.

The Multi-Shot App makes it easy to go from a simple prompt to a thoughtfully crafted scene. All with dialogue, sound effects and cinematic framing. Start from an image or go purely Text to Video. Available now in the App drawer on the web app.

Download the Runway iOS app: apps.apple.com/us/app/runwaym…

Runway Characters are now available in the Runway iOS app. Have a conversation on the go. Or point your camera at the world and talk to a character that can actually see what you see. Try it today at the link below.

We're excited to formalize this work as part of our commitment to early-stage startups. If you're building something in this space, we want to hear from you. Learn more at runwayml.com/news/introduci…

Today we're also introducing the Runway Fund, an investment vehicle dedicated to backing the next generation of companies building across AI, media and world simulation. For the past several years, we've been investing quietly with this fund, backing a range of companies, including @cartesia, @lancedb and @tamarindbio.

Apply at runwayml.com/product/builde…, and learn more at runwayml.com/news/introduci…

Runway Builders is already live with a founding cohort of startups — including @cartesia, @mschf, Spara, Subject and Supersonik — building across customer experience, synthetic media and interactive AI. We're now opening the program more broadly.

Today we are introducing Runway Builders, a program for Seed to Series C startups building the next generation of products and services with generative video and real-time conversational AI at their core. Participating companies receive complimentary API credits, our highest rate limits and access to a private community. Apply and learn more at the links below.

Learn more: runwayml.com/bigadcontest

Sometimes all you need is a little taste of paradise to get away from it all. The Coconut Crunch brief. Enter your #RunwayBigAdContest spot today, submissions close April 1. Up to $100K in cash prizes. Learn more at the link below.

Prompt: Highly intense scene of the hunter sneaking through the forest and getting ambushed by a large furry creature Made using Runway's Multi-Shot App

Bring your biggest ideas to life with the Ad Concepter App and win up to $100K in cash prizes. Learn more and submit at runwayml.com/BigAdContest #RunwayBigAdContest

Get started: bit.ly/4sJtt2A

Introducing the Ad Concepter App. A really simple way to explore new concepts, compositions and story beats for your ads with a single prompt, reference image and product shot. Available now on the web app. Get started at the link below.

The team at @runwayml is pushing the frontier of what's possible in world models. We're proud to work with them to power real-time inference for Runway Characters.

Try the new Multi-Shot App now: app.runwayml.com

Prompt: A cinematic feature film about humanoid-toad wearing a wide brimmed hat and a long cloak visits an old hag to get medicine from her potion shop in a foggy marsh in the swamp.

Introducing the Multi-Shot App. An easy way to go from a simple prompt to a thoughtfully crafted scene. All with dialogue, sound effects, intentional cuts, pacing and cinematic framing. Start from an image or go purely Text to Video for total creative exploration. Available now on the web app. See examples in the thread below.