The Rough Cut
Shamir Allibhai, Efosa OsaghaeTwo newsletters to entertain and inform the video pro. Rough Cut: the stories of the mavericks that shaped video production and pulled it into the future. Render Time: news on the video creator tech and economy. By Eddie AI (www.heyeddie.ai).
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From Subway to a million followers
Hi everyone —
Happy Wednesday.
Will you be at Cine Gear Expo LA? We’ll be demoing Eddie AI at booth S1611 (Stage 16). Meet us and book a meeting.
Yesterday we publicly launched Logging v2 where you now provide Eddie AI with context abou...
A Cannes of Worms
Hi everyone —
I was reflecting on a chat I had with a new customer…
A lot of AI tools fail creative people for the same reason: they confuse automation with creativity.
They assume the goal is to remove the human from the process.
But...
The Cannes Opener
Hi everyone —
I loved reading today’s newsletter by Efosa on Cannes as it reminded me of when I first went when I was 23. Blagged my way in using my BBC employee badge. That yacht party that was headed to Italy that I had to somehow figure...
Nine connectors and Lufthansa loses the Oscar
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Sofia Coppola launched $20K grant for emerging directors, Netflix goes in for clips, a brilliant short film about an AI assista...
NAB: a century of showing up
Hi Everyone —
Eddie AI v3 won best of NAB 2026. Woot woot.
I was talking to a new customer today and he was asking me how was NAB. I told him it was a moving experience. The number of customers who came up to us and told us how they use...
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Co-founder, Eddie AI (www.heyeddie.ai) All day I dream about increasing the sum of creativity in video.
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