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Descript

Descript is a video and audio editor that lets people edit recordings by editing the transcript, with built-in AI tools for cleanup, clips and voice.

  • AI-native creation
  • San Francisco, United States
  • Founded 2017
  • Independent

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What Descript does

Descript transcribes a recording and lets the user cut, rearrange and fix it by editing the text, much like a document. It records podcasts and screens, removes filler words, improves sound, adds captions, translates, and turns long recordings into short clips. An AI co-editor called Underlord can carry out edits from plain instructions, and an API and MCP connection let developers and AI assistants edit through code.

ForCreatorsPublishersEnterprisesSmall businesses

Products

  • Descript editorText-based video and podcast editing with multitrack audio, screen recording and remote recording (Rooms).
  • UnderlordBuilt-in AI co-editor that performs edits and production tasks from written instructions.
  • Descript API and MCPEdit video through code or from inside an AI assistant; the API entered open beta in May 2026.

How it uses AI

  • Automatic transcription, filler-word and retake removal, Studio Sound audio cleanup and eye-contact correction.
  • Voice cloning and stock AI voices, translation, AI avatars and prompt-based generation of video and images.

Milestones

  1. Descript founded by Andrew Mason.
  2. $50M Series C led by the OpenAI Startup Fund.
  3. Laura Burkhauser, previously VP of Product, becomes CEO; Andrew Mason becomes executive chairman.
  4. Descript API enters open beta.

Sources

  1. About Descript (opens in a new tab), Descript
  2. Descript Pricing (opens in a new tab), Descript
  3. AI won't replace creators, it will replace the work they hate (opens in a new tab), The Media Copilot, 8 Aug 2026
  4. Descript Isn't a Slop Machine: Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate (opens in a new tab), The Cognitive Revolution, May 2026
  5. Descript's Andrew Mason transitions from CEO to executive chairman (opens in a new tab), Product Hunt, 2025
  6. AI-powered media editing app Descript lands fresh cash from OpenAI (opens in a new tab), TechCrunch, 15 Nov 2022
  7. Descript Raises $50 Million Series C Led by OpenAI Startup Fund (opens in a new tab), Podnews (Descript press release), 16 Nov 2022
  8. Descript Launches API in Open Beta with Editing and Workflow Updates (opens in a new tab), Newsfile, 14 May 2026
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