AI Podcast Clip Finder
Finds the shareable 40 seconds in a two-hour episode and cuts it for vertical video.
Problem & target users
Podcasters know clips drive growth but scrubbing a long episode to find good moments takes longer than recording it.
Who it's for: Independent podcasters, video producers, marketing teams running a show.
Proposed solution
Upload the episode, get ranked candidate clips with a reason for each, then export burned-in captions and vertical framing ready for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Features
- Transcript with moment scoring
- Ranked clip candidates with rationale
- Auto captions with brand styling
- Vertical reframing with speaker tracking
- Direct export presets per platform
Difficulty & tech stack
Difficulty: Intermediate
Monetization & pricing
- Subscription by episode volume
- Credit packs
- Agency plan
Suggested pricing: Solo $19/mo (4 episodes), Pro $49/mo (15 episodes), Agency $149/mo (50 episodes).
Customer acquisition
Podcast communities, free clipping for well-known small shows in exchange for a credit, and content on clip-driven growth.
First 10 customers: Clip the latest episode of 20 shows with under 5,000 downloads, send the clips free, and offer a discounted annual plan to the hosts who post them.
Build steps
- Build the upload and transcription pipeline
- Build the moment-scoring prompt and validate against clips that performed
- Build the FFmpeg render worker with captions and reframing
- Add export presets and download management
- Add project history and team sharing
- Add plans, quotas and billing
Risks & challenges
- Render costs scale with episode length
- Established competitors with big funding
- Clip quality is subjective and hard to guarantee
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