Introducing Async: Chat With an AI Editor That Cuts Like a Pro
Async is a chat-first AI video editor that removes fillers, adds captions, cuts to the beat, and ships clips from existing footage.
Introducing Async: Chat With an AI Editor That Cuts Like a Pro
Rough cuts still eat hours of scrubbing. Async lets you edit by chatting — remove fillers, add captions, cut to the beat, and ship clips without living in a traditional timeline.
Async sits in the one-take → packaging layer for podcasters, marketers, and creators who already have footage (interviews, vlogs, ads, educatives) and want a faster first pass. You describe the edit; Async applies pro-style cuts, cleans audio, captions, and can generate B-roll or music inside the same workflow.
What Async does
Talk to the editor instead of fighting the timeline:
- Rough-cut cleanup — remove fillers, pauses, repeats, bad takes, and awkward moments
- Beat-synced edits — pace cuts and transitions to a chosen track
- Clean audio — noise reduction so rough recordings feel publishable
- Captions — add and style subtitles synced to the final cut
- Clip finding — pull strong moments into TikTok / Reels / Shorts / ads
- In-chat B-roll, voice, or music generation without leaving the editor
- Skills — save your editing style and reuse it on the next project
Explore:
Who it is for
Creators and small teams who record talking or interview footage and want a chat-first packaging layer — especially podcasts, social clips, ads, and educative talking videos — without hiring an editor for every first pass.
Where it fits in a content stack
Async owns AI-assisted packaging of existing footage. Full motion studios and storyboard explainers still cover other jobs; Async is the bridge from long takes to captioned, paced shorts and cuts.
Why it matters now
More teams shoot than they can edit. A chat UI trained on pro editor habits shortens the gap between "we recorded it" and "we can post it."
How creators typically use Async
A podcaster uploads a long episode, asks for a clean 30-second hook with captions, and exports for Reels. A marketer drops interview footage and requests filler removal plus a beat-matched cut. A founder saves a "skills" preset for weekly tip videos.
Quick tips if you try Async
- Start from a clear take — chat edits work best when the source is already roughly good.
- Ask for filler + pause cleanup first, then captions and clips.
- Save a skill once you like the pacing so weekly videos stay consistent.
- Review AI B-roll before publish — treat generated scenes as optional seasoning.
- Export platform-specific clips instead of forcing one master into every feed.
Soft close — related tool
If you also need concept → storyboard → animated or whiteboard explainer / Reels (not talking-avatar presenters), see Scro Explainer. Scro (by NOVAX) is built around approving an AI storyboard before you render — useful when the job is teaching a process, not packaging filmed talking footage. Keep Async as the focus of this intro; Scro is only a related option for storyboard-first explainers.