What we shipped, and why.
Deep dives into AI-native video editing, timeline engineering, and release notes as they ship.
Milestone3 min read
Arsaze is the first video editor with Tab: press one key and your next edit is done
Arsaze is the first video editor in the world with Tab. Make an edit, and the next one you were about to make appears on your timeline. Press Tab to take it. It is free on every plan.
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Product3 min read
How to convert a video to 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok without cutting off faces
Three free ways to turn a 16:9 video into 9:16 for Reels, Shorts and TikTok: a quick resize, a reframe that follows the speaker, and an AI edit that makes a vertical clip.
Product2 min read
Arsaze now works on your phone: edit, caption and ask the AI from the browser
We rebuilt the Arsaze editor for phones. Open it in your mobile browser to trim, caption, grade and ask the AI, on the same projects you edit on your computer.
Milestone2 min read
We redesigned all of Arsaze around hundreds of your reviews
We read hundreds of reviews and suggestions from people who edit with Arsaze, then redesigned the whole app around them. Here is what you told us and what changed.
Product3 min read
Can AI edit videos? What ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Cursor can really do
Yes, once the assistant is connected to an editor it can operate. Here is what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Cursor can do with your video, and how to set it up.
Product3 min read
A free Frame.io alternative: client review that lives inside your editor
Share a link, let clients comment on exact frames, and fix their notes in the same editor, or let the AI fix them. Arsaze review is free to start, and we are working to make it unlimited.
Product3 min read
Arsaze Free now includes nearly everything: unlimited exports, no watermark, unlimited projects
The free plan got a big upgrade: unlimited exports with no watermark, noise cleanup, transcription and background removal on your computer, and unlimited projects.
Product3 min read
Tab: press one key and Arsaze makes the edit you were about to make
Make an edit, and Arsaze shows the next one on your timeline. Press Tab to take it, Esc to skip. It is what makes Arsaze the Cursor for video editing.
Changelog4 min read
What's new in Arsaze: a transcript you edit like a document, multicam, branches and more
The Rewrite view now reads like a document you can download to Word, your AI can sync camera angles and cut to whoever is talking, clips can be locked, branches let agents try changes in parallel, and the editor has a light mode.
Product4 min read
How to choose an agentic video editor: seven things to check
Check an AI video editor on seven things: a real timeline, full undo, your assistant, the option to step in, footage handling, client review and clear pricing.
Product4 min read
Video editing over MCP: what it is and what your AI can do with it
MCP lets an AI assistant such as Claude, ChatGPT or Grok edit a real timeline. Connect Arsaze's server once and the assistant can cut, caption and export.
Product4 min read
One interview, start to finish: what an AI agent does during a real edit
An AI agent edits an interview by reading the transcript, planning the story and cutting retakes and silences. You check the plan first, then the finished cut.
Milestone3 min read
E-Cell IIT Madras and Arsaze: we are editing E-Cell's videos until February 2027
The Entrepreneurship Cell (E-Cell) of IIT Madras has confirmed a collaboration with Arsaze in a signed letter. From 12 October 2026 to February 2027, Arsaze edits E-Cell's reels and other video content.
Milestone3 min read
Sixteen days after launch, Arsaze has users in 50 countries and regions
We launched Arsaze on 29 September 2026. Sixteen days later, people in 50 countries and regions have made an account, up from 13 after four days and 41 after twelve. Here is the full list and what has changed.
Product3 min read
Grok can edit your videos: how to connect Grok to Arsaze
Yes, Grok can edit video through a custom connector. Add Arsaze at grok.com/connectors, sign in, and Grok can cut, caption and mix on a timeline you can watch.
Product4 min read
Can ChatGPT edit videos? How to connect it to a real timeline
Yes, once ChatGPT is connected to an editor it can operate, it can edit video. Add Arsaze as a custom connector and it can cut, caption and export.
Product4 min read
How to connect Claude to a video editor, step by step
Yes, Claude can edit video once it is connected to an editor it can operate. Add Arsaze as a custom connector, sign in, and Claude can cut, caption and export.
Product3 min read
AI now edits your local projects, and your footage still never gets uploaded
Yes. In an Arsaze local project, your video, audio and images are not uploaded, and AI still edits with you. AI access can be switched off per project.
Milestone4 min read
Twelve days after launch, Arsaze has users in 41 countries and regions
We launched Arsaze on 29 September 2026. Twelve days later, people in 41 countries and regions on six continents have made an account, up from 13 after the first four days. Here is the full list, what we can and cannot say about it, and what we have shipped since.
Product4 min read
Arsaze for Mac and Linux is here, next to Windows
The Arsaze desktop app now runs on Mac and Linux as well as Windows. Free transcription, background removal, local projects and exports with no watermark run on your own computer on all three. Here is what each version includes and what it does not yet.
Product4 min read
14 free browser tools for video and audio: no logins, no uploads, no catch
We built 14 free utilities for creators that run completely in your browser. No sign-up walls, no waiting for files to upload to a server, and no surprise watermarks on export.
Milestone3 min read
Four days after launch, Arsaze has users in 13 countries and regions
We launched Arsaze on 29 September 2026. Within four days, people in 13 countries and regions across Asia, Europe, North America, Africa and Oceania had made an account. Here is what we saw and what we are doing about it.
Changelog4 min read
What's new in Arsaze, October 2026: six releases in one update
Free transcription and free background removal on your own PC, privacy-first local projects, motion tracking, a bigger Animate Studio and an After Effects panel. What each one is, who it is for and where it stops.
Product3 min read
Free video transcription that runs on your own PC, and stays free
Arsaze now transcribes your videos on your own Windows PC. It is free on every plan, uses no AI credits and has no per-minute charge. How it works, what it covers and where it stops.
Product3 min read
How to remove a video background for free, without a green screen
Arsaze removes the background behind a person on your own Windows PC. It is free on every plan, uses no AI credits and gives you a transparent clip. How to use it and where it struggles.
Product3 min read
Edit without uploading your footage: local projects in Arsaze
A local project keeps your footage on your own computer. Unlimited on every plan, nothing uploaded, and since 12 October the AI can edit it with you too. Here is exactly what stays on your machine and what does not.
Product3 min read
Motion tracking in Arsaze: how to blur a face and keep it blurred
Mark a face, product or number plate once and Arsaze tracks it through the shot, then blurs, covers, spotlights or follows it in one click. How tracking works, the eight tools, and what it does not do yet.
Product3 min read
What is new in Animate Studio: keyframes, a 3D camera, motion blur and camera solve
Animate Studio now has keyframes on any property, effects, a 3D camera with depth of field, motion blur, motion tracking, camera solve and audio tracks, all as plain markup an AI can write and you can edit.
Product3 min read
Arsaze for After Effects: let your AI build motion in your open project
A panel for Adobe After Effects where your AI builds motion inside your open project while you watch. One undo per change, restore points, and cuts and renders that move both ways between After Effects and Arsaze. Windows beta, October 2026.
Product3 min read
Is there a free AI video editor? What you actually get on Arsaze's free plan
A plain list of what the Arsaze Free plan includes, what runs free forever on your own PC, and what needs a paid plan, so you can decide before you sign up.
Experiment8 min read
We gave Claude Opus 5.5 a real editor's job inside Arsaze, and this is what happened
We wanted to answer a simple question. If you put a frontier model inside a real editing environment, strip away every shortcut, and give it a genuinely messy project the way a human editor would receive one, can it actually edit a video, and how does it compare to a person doing the same job with their normal workflow.
Experiment5 min read
Nothing to Something: what Claude Sonnet 5 built in Arsaze from one black image and one white one
We gave Claude Sonnet 5 an empty Arsaze project, a black image, a white image and complete creative freedom. It came back with a 40-second film in five acts, built from dozens of separate clips on the timeline.
Product4 min read
Premiere Pro for agents: what a professional editing suite looks like when the primary user isn't a person
For AI agents, Arsaze is a full editing suite, not a prompt box: frame-accurate cuts, search by spoken word or scene, version branches and client review.
Engineering4 min read
Cursor for video editing: what changes when a timeline is something an AI can read
Arsaze is an editor an AI agent can operate, the way Cursor works on code. Claude makes the same edits you do, on a real timeline you can watch live.
Let your AI edit the next one.
Connect Claude, ChatGPT or your own agent over MCP to cut, trim, search footage and keep versioned timelines.