Introducing Runway Characters

Runway launched Characters, a real-time video agent API for building custom conversational avatars from a single image with no fine-tuning, using the company's GWM-1 model. Characters is available via the developer platform for enterprise teams and as preset avatars in the Runway web app for consumers. Partners including BBC and Silverside are already using it.

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Today, we're launching Runway Characters, a real-time video agent API that lets you build fully custom conversational characters.
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ModelsGWM-1

Announced: 09 Mar 2026 10:00 UTC

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