Runware has raised $50 million in a Series A funding round led by Dawn Capital, with participation from Comcast Ventures, DST, Speedinvest, Insight Partners and a16z Speedrun, accelerating its mission to build a unified API for all AI models and infrastructure. Founded in 2023 with the goal of removing barriers to large‑scale AI deployment, Runware has already powered more than 10 billion AI generations for over 200,000 developers and 300 million end users worldwide through a single API backed by its proprietary Sonic Inference Engine® and custom hardware.
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The platform aggregates nearly 300 AI model classes and hundreds of thousands of model variants behind a consistent interface that enables developers to integrate, A/B test and swap models with minimal code changes, while delivering significant performance and cost advantages—up to 10x lower pricing and faster inference compared to traditional data‑center‑based approaches. Runware’s technology supports image, video and audio generation at scale for customers such as Wix, Quora and Freepik, and the new funding will support expanding the platform, broadening model availability, and deploying modular inference PODs closer to end users. The company aims to make every AI model accessible to developers and continue reducing the complexity and cost of building intelligent applications.