Runway, the technology company behind "The Universe", received investment from Google to accelerate the development of AI film and television

IT House News on June 1st, Google recently reached a new contract with Runway Company to provide Runway with millions of dollars in cloud services and related credit support to accelerate the progress of artificial intelligence in the field of film and television creation. .

▲ Picture source Runway company official website

Runway company mainly uses AI to generate surreal video works through text descriptions. IT House found that its technology has been used in the high-profile science fiction movie "Everything Everywhere All At Once" ", most of the surreal art scenes in the movie, such as the Noodle Hand and the Stone Dialogue, came from this company.

After the movie was released, Runway received investment support from leading companies such as Amplify Partners and Lux ​​Capital.

▲ Picture source "The Instant Universe" movie poster

▲ Picture source "The Instant Universe" famous surreal lens

According to foreign media The Information, Google has recently become one of Runway’s investors. According to a copy of the internal leaked documents, Google’s cloud contract with Runway is worth US$75 million (currently about 533 million yuan). This three-year contract will be implemented on August 30 this year.

Google has an investment program for startups that will provide selected customers with up to $200,000 in cloud service credits for two years, as well as technical guidance, mentor support, sales support and connections to experts. And the deal with Runway will provide the startup with more credits than the standard tier of the program.

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