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Gen-3 and Gen-4 turned generative video from a curiosity into a Hollywood pipeline tool — Runway crossed $80M ARR in 2025 by positioning AI as a creative instrument, not a replacement.
Cristóbal Valenzuela co-founded Runway in 2018, releasing the Gen-3 and Gen-4 video models that now form part of professional filmmaking pipelines from indie shorts to Hollywood VFX.
The company crossed $80 million ARR in 2025 and Valenzuela has positioned Runway as a creative-tools company rather than a foundation-model lab.
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