Despite facing multiple copyright lawsuits and industry headwinds, Runway continued growing through 2024-2025 without layoffs. The company raised $315 million in June 2025 at a $5.3 billion valuation, actively expanded its workforce, and continued hiring across engineering and creative roles. Runway has not announced any layoffs or workforce reductions since its founding in 2018, maintaining steady growth through the AI boom period.
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In July 2024, a leaked internal spreadsheet revealed Runway had systematically scraped over 3,900 YouTube channels—including Disney, Netflix, The New Yorker, and individual creators like Marques Brownlee and Casey Neistat—to train its Gen-3 Alpha AI video model, violating YouTube's Terms of Service. Runway did not publicly address the allegations; a copyright lawsuit was subsequently filed by creators against the company.
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See all →Visual artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz filed a class-action lawsuit against Runway AI, Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt alleging widespread copyright infringement through unauthorized use of their artwork in AI training. On August 12, 2024, U.S. District Judge William Orrick ruled the case could proceed, allowing artists to pursue their copyright claims and move forward to discovery. YouTuber David Gardner also filed a class action lawsuit against Runway in February 2026 for illegally downloading creator videos to train its AI.