About PilotCut

Over ten years ago, I bought Final Cut Pro. Like many creators, I had ambitious video ideas, but traditional NLE editors sat virtually unused on my Mac. Learning complex timelines, keyframing shortcuts, and spending hours manually trimming clips wasn't just intimidating — I simply didn't have the time to waste on tedious software.

Video editing shouldn't be manual grunt work. When you work with a professional human editor, you don't adjust every cut point yourself; you describe the story, and they organize footage, trim dead air, insert markers, and stage the timeline. AI is more than capable of handling this repetitive heavy lifting — helping you transcribe, clean filler words, place B-roll, and build a solid first cut in minutes.

We also built PilotCut around a fair pricing philosophy: Bring Your Own AI. Creators are exhausted by endless monthly subscriptions for every single tool, especially when we already pay for LLM subscriptions like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, or DeepSeek. PilotCut is a native macOS application with a one-time perpetual license — use your existing AI keys or subscriptions, and keep 100% of your footage private and local on your Mac.