Runware

Today, we’re announcing our $13M Seed round, led by Insight Partners, with support from a16z speedrun, Begin Capital and Zero Prime Ventures. This marks a major milestone for our company. The numbers since our last round tell the story: 40x monthly revenue growth, 400K+ models integrated, heavy investment into our team and R&D, and secured partnerships with the biggest names in AI. Our unified API powers 100K+ developers daily. Serves 250M+ end users. And supports major enterprises, including Quora, OpenArt AI, NightCafe Studio, and Higgsfield AI. From first conversation to production deployment, integration happens in just hours. And now, this investment unlocks the next phase of our growth: - Expanded model library with SOTA releases on D0 - Full expansion into new modalities, including audio and LLMs - Enhanced technical support and comprehensive documentation - Heavy investment in R&D and our engineering efforts - Significantly expanding our UI and tools - The best price in the industry. Always. Our mission remains clear: delivering one unified API to generate any type of AI media – with the best price, performance, and dev experience. That’s exactly what we’re doing today. And this investment only accelerates that vision. Alongside our investors, we’d like to thank our partners, clients, and community members who have helped us achieve this milestone. If you’re ready to see what Runware can do in production, reach out, and we’ll set you up with free credits to get started. Pay less, build more.

🚀 Both of the most popular Wan models are now live on Runware, with savings of up to 35% compared to other providers! Wan2.5 is the release everyone’s talking about, producing high-quality video with native audio baked in. It can add dialogue, sound effects, and music directly into clips, keeping everything perfectly in sync. Pricing starts from $0.473 per 5-second video (5% cheaper than anywhere else). Wan2.2 (A14B) is the full open-source release, tuned for a great balance of speed and cost while keeping all the flexibility. You can upload your own Wan LoRAs and run them at the lowest cost via our Sonic Inference Engine®, giving you maximum freedom for custom workflows. At only $0.25 per 5-second video, it delivers cinematic quality at unbeatable value (35% cheaper than anywhere else!). Run your OSS video on Runware today for the most flexible, lowest cost option around. 👉 Link in comments.

🚨 Kling 2.5 now available on Runware! This release comes with some serious upgrades: - Dynamic motion that flows naturally - Stunning cinematic composition - Flexible style adaptation (including 2D anime) - Realistic expressions and emotional depth, not stiff Expect smooth, flawless videos that don’t feel shaky or glitchy. Live today through our API and on our Playground! (Link in the comments.)

We just shipped a bundle of documentation improvements based on your feedback 🚀 After listening to our community, we've added three powerful features to make our docs more useful: 📑 Instant Markdown Export Add .md to any docs URL and get a clean markdown version optimized for AI tools. You can also use the button in the top right corner to switch to markdown view instantly. No more wrestling with HTML formatting when you need to paste documentation into LLMs. We've also created llms.txt - our entire documentation set as a single markdown file: https://lnkd.in/eR8emq5z 🤖 AI Assistant Integration Select any text in our docs and instantly redirect to your preferred AI provider with context pre-filled. Works with full pages too, automatically switching to URL mode for longer content. 💬 Streamlined Feedback System Report issues or suggest improvements with the same selection tool. Full context is automatically included, making it easier for us to understand and implement your suggestions. The best part? Our docs use custom interactive components, and the markdown export preserves all that functionality - giving you clean, structured content that actually makes sense in AI tools. Try it now: https://runware.ai/docs (just select any text and see what happens) We'd love to hear your thoughts on these updates!

By popular demand, we've added webhook support! Receive complete JSON response data for any task delivered directly to your webhook. No more polling! https://lnkd.in/eE_ju2px

Eleven Music from ElevenLabs is now on Runware! 🎶 Turn text into studio-quality tracks with full control over genre, style, vocals, instruments, and more. We’re the only API that gives you production-scale access to Eleven Music – enterprise features by default, no minimum commitment, no rate limits, and commercial use included. That means you can generate music at scale for any online use case. Perfect for social content creators, ad generators, and anyone looking to go viral. Get started today. (Link in the comments.)

AI builders: Make room in your calendars during SFTechWeek. Alongside Together AI and Kling AI, we’re hosting a brunch for developers, engineers, and tech leaders – anyone who is building the next big thing in AI. Expect practical use cases and advice from the hosts, a chance to network with like-minded professionals, a delicious breakfast spread, and goodies to take away with you. - Thursday, Oct 9th, 10AM-1PM - SoMA, San Francisco Spaces are limited. So get your registration in, and we’ll let you know if you’ve made the cut. https://lnkd.in/efMyYU9a

🚨 We're slashing Seedream 3.0 prices by 40%! With 4.0 live, we’re giving extra value on previous versions. Generate top-quality visuals like this for just $0.018/image. 3.0 is still one of the strongest text-to-image models, now at an industry-low price and more than 2x cheaper than comparable quality.

👽 The truth is out there. Now you can capture it in portrait. Vertical 9:16 Veo 3 videos in full 1080p, available today on Runware. Try it here: https://lnkd.in/e5JNARJA

🚨 Another day, another D0 model release. ByteDance's Seedream 4.0 is now live on Runware. This release comes with some serious upgrades: - Unified workflow: One model handles both text-to-image AND image editing - Multi-reference editing: Up to six reference images for precise control - Higher resolution: Generate 1K, 2K, and 4K images. - Industry first: Consistent characters across a series, with up to 15 related images in a single request. Not convinced? These images just took one prompt: "Refer to the picture and give me a story about a cat developer and his day. Eating breakfast, commuting, working at his desk, eating sushi, playing ping pong, getting the bus home, eating dinner, gaming and going to bed." At $0.03 per image, test it in our Playground (link in the comments). What will you build next?