We caught up with Eddie AI at NAB 2026, where CEO Shamir Allibhai showed how the app assembles rough cuts from hours of raw footage in minutes.
At NAB 2026, Eddie AI CEO and co-founder Shamir Allibhai demonstrates the company's AI-powered editing assistant, which is designed to accelerate post-production workflows for video professionals. Available for Mac and PC, and integrating directly with Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro, Allibahi says the product has found its own shorthand with users. "Our users affectionately call it ChatGPT for video editing," he says. 'We're really trying to build a teammate, someone to help you move forward faster on video editing."
Allibhai shows how Eddie analyses imported footage and automatically generates a summary, topic list, and thematic overview, which editors can use as a sounding board when shaping a story. Editors can prompt Eddie to compile string-outs or isolate answers to specific questions across multiple interview subjects.
The centrepiece of the demonstration is Eddie's rough cut storytelling feature. The system accepts hours of source material, proposes a story framework (or accepts a user-defined one), and assembles a cut beat by beat. The example shown followed a hero's journey structure, with the edit divided into labelled chapters. Eddie then logs available B-roll, identifies relevant sub-clips, creates sequences, and places them over the A-roll spine automatically, using only real footage rather than AI-generated material.
Once an edit is complete, it can be exported back to the host NLE, where editors can proceed with colour grading, music, and final polish. Allibhai describes the workflow as capable of reducing post-production time from days to minutes. The sheer number of people on the company's booth at NAB suggests that is a concept a lot of people are finding appealing.