Runway provides a comprehensive suite of AI-powered tools designed to transform how creative professionals and teams generate, edit, and produce video and image content. The platform enables users to perform advanced video editing tasks through simple text prompts, including changing lighting conditions, restyling shots, adding or removing elements, and transforming backgrounds. At its core are proprietary foundational models including Gen-4 for text-to-video and image-to-video generation, Aleph for in-context video editing, and Act-Two for motion capture and performance mapping.

The platform offers an ever-growing collection of specialized apps designed for specific creative tasks. Users can remove elements from videos with prompts, transform product shots without reshooting, upscale video resolution, add dialogue to characters through text input, reimagine images in different artistic styles, map voice and expressions onto characters, change video backdrops, adjust time of day in scenes, and relight footage instantly. Each tool leverages state-of-the-art generative AI models to deliver professional-grade results with intuitive interfaces.

Runway supports custom node-based workflows that allow users to chain together multiple models, modalities, and processing steps for enhanced creative control. The Workflows feature enables professionals to build tailored pipelines that match their specific production requirements. The platform provides both web-based access and a managed API service, making it suitable for individual creators, production teams, and enterprise organizations seeking to integrate AI capabilities into their creative operations at scale.