Runway
The role involves conducting experiments to teach world models new behaviors, developing data strategies and training techniques, designing evaluations, and moving research prototypes to production. It requires collaboration across the full research stack, from data pipelines to deployment, to advance multimodal foundational models and interactive world modeling.
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Company Size
51-200 employees
Founded
2018
Runway is an AI research and technology company building foundational General World Models (GWMs) designed to simulate all possible worlds and experiences. Its products include GWM-1 for real-time interactive world simulation, Gen-4.5 for state-of-the-art video generation, and Runway Characters, a real-time video agent API for building conversational digital personas. Runway partners with leading organizations across media, entertainment, robotics, and other industries to advance AI-driven creativity and simulation.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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