We met Eddie AI at NAB 2026. There, CEO Shamir Allibhai explained how the app can assemble rough cuts from hours of raw footage in minutes.
At NAB 2026, Shamir Allibhai, CEO and co-founder of Eddie AI, will demonstrate the company’s AI-powered editing assistant, designed to accelerate post-production workflows for video professionals. The product, which is available for Mac and PC and integrates directly with Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve and Final Cut Pro, has found its own shorthand for users, Allibahi says. “Our users affectionately call it ChatGPT for video editing,” he says. “We’re really trying to make teammates, people who can help us move through video editing faster.”
how it actually works
Allibhai shows how Eddie analyzes imported footage and automatically generates summaries, topic lists, and thematic summaries that editors can use as sounding boards as they shape their stories. Editors can encourage Eddie to edit string outs or separate answers to specific questions across multiple interview subjects.
The highlight of the demonstration is Eddie’s rough cut storytelling feature. The system accepts hours of source material, suggests a story framework (or accepts a user-defined framework), and assembles cuts beat by beat. The examples shown follow the structure of a protagonist’s journey, and the compilation is divided into labeled chapters. Eddie then records the available B-roll, identifies relevant subclips, creates sequences, and automatically places them on the spine of the A-roll using only real footage, not AI-generated material.
Once edited, it can be exported back to the host NLE where the editor can proceed with color grading, music, and final touches. Allibhai explains that the workflow can be reduced from days to minutes in post-production time. The sheer number of people who flocked to the company’s booth at NAB suggests that many people are attracted to the concept.
