Shamir Allibhai

CEO, Co-founder

Shamir Allibhai is co-founder and CEO of Eddie AI. A filmmaker turned founder, he writes about AI in post-production and where the craft is headed.

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Writing

How to Add Captions to a Video Automatically

Automatic captions done properly: word timing taken from the edit rather than re-transcribed, animated or plain styles, and an honest account of where the caption track travels and where it stops.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Build a Rough Cut from an Interview Transcript

Turning a transcript into an actual assembly, not a document. How soundbites are matched, what happens to clips you rejected, and what the first cut will and will not get right.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Cut a Multicam Interview or Podcast Automatically

How angle switching actually works when a model does it: what it cuts on, the rules it follows, how ungrouped cameras get synced, and exactly how the multicam survives into Premiere and Final Cut.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Export an AI Edit to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut

Six export formats, what each one carries, the DaVinci Resolve import quirk that makes a good timeline look broken, and the honest list of what does not survive the handoff.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Make Vertical Clips for Social from a Podcast or Interview

How to pull a 9:16 clip out of a long interview or podcast, including the split-screen two-camera layout, what survives the export to Premiere and Resolve, and why nothing here tracks a face.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Remove Filler Words from an Interview

Cutting every "um" and "you know" out of an interview by hand is hours of scrubbing. Here is how to do it by naming the words instead, what Eddie refuses to cut, and what it does to edits you already built.

Jul 26, 2026

How to Edit Video with ChatGPT (Step by Step)

ChatGPT cannot cut video on its own. Here is exactly what it can do in an editing workflow, where it stops, and how to connect it to an editor so a prompt produces a real timeline.

Jul 25, 2026

How to Edit Video with Claude (Step by Step)

Claude cannot cut video on its own. Here is what it does well in an edit, exactly where it stops, and how to connect it to an editor so a prompt produces a real timeline you can finish in Premiere or Resolve.

Jul 25, 2026

Eddie AI Is Coming to NAB 2026

Find Eddie AI at NAB Show 2026 in Las Vegas — booth N1672, North Hall. See demos, sessions with Shamir Allibhai, and AI editing for pros.

Mar 19, 2026

Import dirty multicams (aka synced timelines)

Import dirty multicams (synced timelines) into Eddie AI. Edit multi-camera interviews as one timeline, then export back to Premiere or Resolve.

Dec 16, 2025