Company record
Runway
Updated November 2, 2026 · Presspool
Runway's GWM-1 is a family of general world models that simulate reality in real time and can be controlled interactively, with variants for explorable environments, avatars and robotics. runway.com
Funding
- $315M Series E, announced February 10, 2026. Led by General Atlantic. Sources: techcrunch.com.
Whether AI names Runway
- On the World models map: named or cited in 25 of 50 answers to Presspool's World models questions on November 2, 2026 (ChatGPT 7 of 8, Claude 3 of 8, Perplexity 6 of 8, Gemini 2 of 8, Copilot 3 of 8, Google AI Mode 2 of 8, Google AI Overviews 2 of 2). See the map. Of the 11 companies on the map, Runway ranked 5th by answers naming or citing it in that sample. The other companies AI names most on World models questions: World Labs (44 of 50), Decart (28 of 50), Odyssey (28 of 50), AMI Labs (26 of 50) and General Intuition (14 of 50). Most often named in the same answers: World Labs (25), Decart (21), Odyssey (20), AMI Labs (17), General Intuition (12).
Week by week
Answers that named or cited Runway in each weekly sample of Presspool's World models questions, by the Monday of the sample week. A row is added every week.
| Week of | World models |
|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | 18 of 54 |
| October 5, 2026 | 18 of 48 |
| October 12, 2026 | 25 of 51 |
| October 19, 2026 | 25 of 55 |
| October 26, 2026 | 24 of 51 |
| November 2, 2026 | 25 of 50 |
Sources AI cites when it names Runway
Presspool asked its 8 World models questions on November 2, 2026; 25 of the 50 answers named or cited Runway, on ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot, Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews. The sites those 25 answers cited most:
- presspool.ai: 16 of 25 answers
- techcrunch.com: 10 of 25 answers
- worldlabs.ai: 9 of 25 answers
- openai.com: 7 of 25 answers
- signalsinbox.com: 6 of 25 answers
- changxu.dev: 5 of 25 answers
- decart.ai: 4 of 25 answers
- newmarketpitch.com: 4 of 25 answers
- nvidia.com: 4 of 25 answers
- startuphub.ai: 4 of 25 answers
Related records
Also on the World models map: AMI Labs, Decart, General Intuition, Manifold AI, Moonlake AI, Odyssey, Overworld, SpAItial, World Labs and Zenithon.