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RUNWAY HITS $5.3B VALUATION ON VIDEO AI BET

AI video generation startup Runway reached a $5.3 billion valuation while adding $40 million in annual recurring revenue in Q2, betting that video—not language—is the next frontier for artificial intelligence.

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A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on observational data, is now valued at $5.3B, and added $40M in ARR in Q2 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: A profile of AI video generation startup Runway, which is training models directly on obser…

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SpaceX S-1: xAI had a $6.4B operating loss on $3.2B in revenue in 2025; Grok and X had 550M MAUs combined as of March 2026, and 117M used Grok's AI features (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: SpaceX S-1: xAI had a $6.4B operating loss on $3.2B in revenue in 2025; Grok and X had 550M…

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