AI video production still depends on human editing as projects scale

A founder of an AI film-production company was described as doing very well and hiring many video editors. The reported pace was unclear: “4 video editors like a week or a day or something.” The work involves selecting and processing generated output, and keeping style and pacing consistent—especially in larger projects, where consistency matters more over two hours than in a one-minute piece.

Models have become cheaper since concerns about negative margins at Harvey were discussed, prompting a renewed question about whether value will remain in specialized applications or whether companies will work directly with foundation-model labs. That shift remains a possibility, not a settled outcome.