Wisecut
Wisecut is an AI-powered video editing platform that transforms long videos into viral clips. Leveraging AI highlight detection, auto captions and translations, and storyboard-based editing, it minimizes editing time and maximizes content creation. Features include automatic silence removal, smart background music with auto ducking, background noise cancelling, auto punch-in/out, and auto reframing. The platform aims to help creators and media teams produce engaging shorts efficiently.
Wisecut
Wisecut is an AI-powered video editing platform that transforms long videos into viral clips. Leveraging AI highlight detection, auto captions and translations, and storyboard-based editing, it minimizes editing time and maximizes content creation. Features include automatic silence removal, smart background music with auto ducking, background noise cancelling, auto punch-in/out, and auto reframing. The platform aims to help creators and media teams produce engaging shorts efficiently.
TL;DR
What: AI-powered video editing that auto-removes silences, creates jump cuts, adds subtitles/translations, selects background music, and auto-reframes for short-form content
Founded: 2019
Headquarters: Miami, Florida, United States
Founders: Ivo Machado (CEO & Co‑Founder) and Vicente Machado (Co‑Founder)
Notable backers: Draper Associates (Tim Draper), a16z Scout Fund, Google for Startups, Meta, TheVentureCity, Mana Ventures, Cyrus Karbassiyoon
Seed round reported Oct 26, 2023 (amount undisclosed); Dealroom lists a $1.0M angel entry dated Aug 2023
Company Overview
Problem Domain
Automated video editing and content repurposing for short-form social distribution
Founded
2019
Industry
AI video-editing software
Tech Stack
Funding Track Record
1000000
Dealroom lists a $1.0M angel entry dated Aug 2023 (table marked with an asterisk).
Crunchbase lists a Seed round dated Oct 26, 2023 and shows Draper Associates as lead investor; amounts on the Crunchbase entry are not disclosed in the accessible view.
Investor Signal
“Backers listed include Draper Associates (Tim Draper), a16z Scout Fund, Google for Startups, Meta (Meta NPE), TheVentureCity, Mana Ventures, and Cyrus Karbassiyoon”