Runway brings Kinetix team into its robotics lab

Runway announced that the team from Paris-based research lab Kinetix is joining the company, part of a push to accelerate robotics research and broaden commercial deployment. The announcement appeared on X with a link to open roles in Paris and globally.

Kinetix operated as a Paris research lab. Its team now works under Runway, which develops generative video models including Gen-3 Alpha. The company did not specify whether the move is an acqui-hire, a full merger or a group hire, only that the team is "joining."

The stated rationale is twofold: speed up investment in robotics research and expand the scale of commercial deployment. Runway did not say which robotics areas are targeted, which Kinetix capabilities are relevant, or what the timeline is for first products. The size of the incoming team was not disclosed.

The announcement points to a careers page with openings in Paris and other locations. Runway did not indicate how many positions are open, for which roles, or whether the hiring is meant to round out the Kinetix team or support a wider expansion of the new robotics division.