Runway debuts AI video generation API for developers

As enterprises proceed to extend their investments in generative AI, Runway goes all in to offer them one of the best it has on supply. At the moment, the New York-based AI startup introduced that it’s making its ultra-fast video technology mannequin, Gen-3 Apha Turbo, out there by way of API. 

The transfer makes Runway among the many first firms to permit builders and organizations to combine a proprietary AI video technology mannequin into their platforms, apps, and providers — powering inner or exterior use circumstances requiring video content material. Think about an promoting firm having the ability to generate video belongings for campaigns on the fly.

The launch guarantees to considerably improve the workflows of video-focused enterprises. Nonetheless, Runway famous that the API is not going to be instantly out there to everybody. As an alternative, the corporate is following a phased method, progressively rolling it out to all events.

What do we all know in regards to the Runway API?

At present out there to pick companions, the Runway API comes by way of two primary plans: Base for people and small groups, and Enterprise for bigger organizations.

Relying on the plan chosen, customers will obtain endpoints to combine the mannequin into their respective merchandise and provoke numerous video technology duties, with the interface clearly displaying “powered by Runway” messaging.

The bottom value for the API begins at one cent per credit score, with 5 credit required to generate a one-second video.

It’s essential to notice that, at this stage, the corporate is barely offering entry to the Gen-3 Alpha Turbo mannequin by way of the API. Different fashions, together with the unique Gen-3 Alpha, usually are not but out there on the platform.

The Turbo mannequin debuted in late July as an accelerated model of Gen-3 Alpha, able to producing movies from photographs seven occasions sooner whereas being extra reasonably priced. Runway co-founder and CEO Cristóbal famous on the time that the mannequin might generate movies nearly in “real-time,” producing a 10-second clip in simply 11 seconds.

Till now, the mannequin was solely out there to customers on the Runway platform. With the API, the corporate hopes to see broader adoption throughout numerous enterprise use circumstances, which might in the end increase its revenues.

Runway mentioned in a weblog submit that advertising and marketing group Omnicom is already utilizing the API, though it didn’t say how precisely the group is placing the video technology know-how to make use of. The names of different present companions have additionally not been revealed.

Both means, with this announcement, the messaging is fairly clear: Runway is taking a proactive step to remain forward of competitors available in the market, together with the likes of OpenAI’s yet-to-launch Sora and Deepmind’s Veo, and acquire a bunch of enterprise clients.

To not point out, regardless of all of the criticism surrounding AI video technology, proper from copyright circumstances to questions on information assortment for coaching, the corporate has been aggressively transferring to increase its product capabilities. Simply a few days in the past, it launched Gen-3 Alpha Video to Video on the net for all paid subscribers. 

“Video to Video represents a brand new management mechanism for exact motion, expressiveness and intent inside generations. To make use of Video to Video, merely add your enter video, immediate in any aesthetic course you want, or, select from a set of preset kinds,” the corporate wrote in a submit on X.

Whereas it stays to be seen when Runway will add its different fashions, together with Gen-3 Alpha, to the API platform, events can already join on the corporate’s waitlist to get entry. 

Runway says it’s at the moment gathering suggestions from early companions to additional refine the providing however plans to provoke a wider launch within the coming weeks to open up entry for all waitlisted clients.