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Parbhat Kapila
Parbhat Kapila

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I’m building an AI video system that resolves the entire editing pipeline from one sentence

Most AI video tools still treat editing as a user responsibility.

You give them a prompt, and then you’re dropped into timelines, templates, and a pile of small decisions. At that point, the “AI” is just helping you operate the UI.

I’m building CUTLINE with a different goal: resolve the entire video pipeline from a single sentence.

One line goes in. The system decides the script, visual pacing, voice, captions, music, and exports a finished 1080p video. No timelines. No templates. No watermark.

What I care about isn’t how clever the output looks on a demo. It’s whether the system stays predictable when used repeatedly, under real constraints, and with messy inputs.

Most of the hard work hasn’t been prompts. It’s been orchestration, defaults, and deciding where the system should not ask the user anything.

Still early, but I’m curious how others here think about building AI systems versus AI tools, especially in creative workflows.

If you want to see what I’m working on, it’s here:
www.parbhat.dev

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