# Cardboard: an agentic video editor

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Author: Ali Abouelatta (https://thelazyweb.com/authors/ali-abouelatta/)
Published: 2026-09-19
Updated: 2026-09-19
Research type: Company profile
Method: Company and accelerator sources checked 2026-09-19. Product claims are attributed to their sources; this is research, not a hands-on product trial.

## What it does

Cardboard is an agentic browser video editor for growth and marketing teams. Users give it footage and a goal, ask for a first cut or variants, search clips by meaning, refine the timeline and export captions, reframes, translations and polished video. The [YC profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cardboard) describes the problem as slow editing and review loops; the [current homepage](https://www.cardboard.ai/) shows the editor and creative utilities.

The fit is a team that has plenty of footage but cannot ship enough short-form, testimonial or launch video. Cardboard is not just a prompt-to-video tool. The useful part is the timeline editor, footage search and collaborative production context around generated cuts.

## Why I’d look closer

The product surface is concrete: find quotes, reactions and scenes across long footage; remove dead air; reframe for vertical, square and landscape; generate captions; translate and dub; clean audio; then direct the edit with prompts. Pricing is public. The [pricing

[Cardboard: an agentic video editor](<https://www.thelazyweb.com/companies/cardboard/>)

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