# Runway ML

**Type:** company  
**Domain:** entertainment  
**Status:** active  
**Founded:** [Unknown from source]  
**Description:** Leading professional AI video generation platform

## Overview

Runway ML is the leading professional AI video generation platform, known for advancing the state of AI filmmaking tools.

## Key Products

- **Gen-4** (March 2025): AI video generation with character consistency across scenes, supporting up to 4K resolution with ProRes export
- First-frame control and video repainting for iterative refinement
- Professional workflow integration

## Partnerships

- Lionsgate (professional film production)
- Media.Monks (creative production)

## Initiatives

- **Hundred Film Fund**: Provides funding for AI-augmented film projects
- **Annual AI Film Festival**: Showcases AI-integrated filmmaking

## Timeline

- **2025-03-31** — Released Gen-4 with character consistency across scenes, solving the primary technical barrier to AI narrative filmmaking. Supports 4K resolution with ProRes export for professional workflows.