I’ve been keeping an eye on the AI video space for a while now, and most tools I’ve tried fall into two camps: either they generate synthetic clips from text prompts, or they’re glorified auto-clippers for long-form content. [EditWithAva](https://editwithava.com/) is neither, and that’s exactly what caught my attention when it popped up on [Product Hunt on February 13, 2026](https://www.producthunt.com/products/editwithava), pulling in 292 upvotes and landing at #2 for the day.

Here’s what makes Ava different. You feed it your own raw footage — the messy, multi-take, shot-from-three-angles kind of footage — and describe the video you want. That’s it. Ava actually watches and understands your content semantically, picks the best takes, cuts the retakes, drops in B-roll and captions, and hands you back something that looks like a real editor put it together. You can even record the same script from multiple locations, and Ava will stitch together the final cut based on your brief. It feels less like using software and more like handing notes to a talented junior editor who just gets it.

The team behind it — co-founders Matthias, Adrian, and Dominik, operating under Avlana AG — built this out of genuine frustration. Matthias has talked about how video editing hasn’t meaningfully evolved in 37 years. The timeline-based workflow we all know is powerful, but it’s also a massive time sink, especially for creators who’d rather be shooting than dragging clips around. What’s smart about their approach is that Ava doesn’t lock you into their ecosystem. You can export your projects to Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve if you want to do fine-tuning in a traditional NLE.

The timing here is worth noting too. Justine Moore at a16z just published a piece called [“It’s Time for Agentic Video Editing”](https://a16z.com/its-time-for-agentic-video-editing/), arguing that 2026 is the year AI agents take over the editing grunt work — the 80% of production time that goes into post, not shooting. EditWithAva fits that thesis almost perfectly. It’s not trying to replace your creativity; it’s trying to handle the assembly line so you can focus on the story.

Right now they’re offering the first 5 videos free, which is a pretty low-friction way to kick the tires. If you’re a creator who’s been drowning in raw footage and dreading the edit, this one’s worth a look.