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What AI models does Runway use?

Runway runs on Aleph (Runway), Aleph 2.0 (Runway), Banana Pro (Runway), Gen-4 (Runway), Gen-4 Image (Runway), Gen-4 Turbo (Runway), Gen-4.5 (Runway), Kling 3.0 (Kuaishou), Kling 3.0 Nano (Kling), Lyria 3 (Google), Lyria 3 Clip (Runway), Lyria 3 Pro (Runway), Nano Banana Pro (Runway), Nano Banana Pro 2 (Runway), Nano Banana Pro 2 2K (Runway), Nano Banana Pro 2K (Runway), Seed Audio 1.0 (Runway), Seedance 2.0 (Runway), Seedance 2.0 Fast (Runway), Seedance 2.0 Pro (Runway), Seedance 2.5 (Runway) and Veo 3.1 (Google), and routes requests between them.

Models used
22
Primary model
Aleph
Public API
Yes
Last checked
2026-09-12

Model claims are labelled by how we know them: Aleph — disclosed, Aleph 2.0 — disclosed, Banana Pro — disclosed, Gen-4 — disclosed, Gen-4 Image — disclosed, Gen-4 Turbo — disclosed, Gen-4.5 — disclosed, Kling 3.0 — disclosed, Kling 3.0 Nano — disclosed, Lyria 3 — disclosed, Lyria 3 Clip — disclosed, Lyria 3 Pro — disclosed, Nano Banana Pro — disclosed, Nano Banana Pro 2 — disclosed, Nano Banana Pro 2 2K — disclosed, Nano Banana Pro 2K — disclosed, Seed Audio 1.0 — disclosed, Seedance 2.0 — disclosed, Seedance 2.0 Fast — disclosed, Seedance 2.0 Pro — disclosed, Seedance 2.5 — disclosed and Veo 3.1 — disclosed. "Disclosed" means the vendor says so in public; "inferred" means it was derived from documentation, headers or release notes.

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Tomorrow. “What AI models does Runway use?” Tomorrow AI & Emerging Tech Index, AlienSquad, updated 2026-09-12. https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/q/what-models-does-runway-use

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