What StoryBuilt does

StoryBuilt, LLC is a private Ohio-domiciled software company that operates an AI-powered story intelligence platform aimed at independent video, podcast, and audio creators. The product ingests user-uploaded raw footage and produces structured outputs — full transcripts with timestamps, narrative story analysis with storyline options and emotional beats, and automatically extracted clip files — designed to replace the manual review and re-watching step that typically precedes editing. The workflow is built on a third-party AI stack: OpenAI's Whisper model handles transcription, and Anthropic's Claude performs the higher-level narrative structure analysis, with supporting infrastructure provided by AWS S3 for temporary file storage, Supabase for database, Auth0 for authentication, Railway for hosting, Sentry for error monitoring, and Stripe for payment processing.

The platform is delivered as a self-serve web application at app.getstorybuilt.com. Users sign up with Google or email, paste a Dropbox or Google Drive link or upload directly, and receive an AI-generated report. Acquisition follows a product-led growth motion with a free trial that includes one hour of processing and requires no credit card. The addressable personas are independent filmmakers and documentary editors, podcast producers, and video content creators, segmented horizontally across use cases such as interview footage, documentary editing, podcast production, and short-form clip extraction. Company materials explicitly position the value proposition around solving "too much footage with no clear direction" and "the edit stalls before it starts." The Terms of Service state a subscription model with monthly billing in advance, a fixed number of processing hours per plan (referenced via an external pricing page, not publicly disclosed), add-on hour purchases, automatic renewal, no refunds for partial months, and pro-rata restoration of usage hours if a processing job fails due to a verified platform error. Raw video and audio files are deleted after processing, while transcripts and reports remain in the user account until deleted.

The company is described as bootstrapped, with no institutional investors or venture funding disclosed, no parent company, and headcount in the 1-10 range. The Terms of Service were last updated on April 8, 2026, indicating a recently formalized operating entity. Distribution is direct-to-customer only through the self-serve web app; no marketplace, reseller, or channel partner distribution is present. The contact channel is a single shared inbox at [email protected], and the management team is not publicly disclosed.

Name

StoryBuilt

Legal name

StoryBuilt, LLC

Website

https://getstorybuilt.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2026

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

StoryBuilt, LLC is an Ohio-based SaaS platform that uses OpenAI Whisper and Anthropic Claude to convert raw video, podcast, and audio uploads into timestamped transcripts, narrative story analyses, and auto-extracted clips for independent filmmakers, podcast producers, and content creators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Video/Audio Editing Software

NAICS

Information (51), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (5162)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Creator Tools & Production (Overlays, Alerts, Encoding, Editing, Audio) (MPAFAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Storytelling & Collaborative Analytics (HDAEAMAJ)

Keywords

• AI video analysis
• Podcast transcription software
• Narrative structure analysis
• Content repurposing platform
• Creator editing tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbus

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. Subscription - Monthly Processing Hours: Subscription fees billed in advance on a monthly basis. Each plan includes a set number of processing hours per month. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled. Additional hours may be purchased as add-ons. Unused hours do not roll over. Stripe handles payment processing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

StoryBuilt is an AI-powered web platform that ingests raw video, podcast, and audio footage and produces structured story analysis reports. It combines Whisper-powered transcription with Claude AI-driven narrative analysis to identify story arcs, emotional beats, turning points, and storyline options, and automatically extracts the strongest moments as ready-to-cut clip files with timestamps.

Product overview

StoryBuilt is a single AI-powered platform that transforms raw video, podcast, and audio footage into structured story assets. The core platform encompasses three integrated capabilities: Full Transcript with Timestamps (Whisper-powered transcription), Story Structure Analysis (AI-powered narrative analysis via Claude identifying arcs and emotional beats), and Extracted Clips (AI-generated ready-to-cut clip files). These components work together in a unified workflow where users upload footage, receive comprehensive story reports with timestamps and clip files, enabling direct progression to editing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• StoryBuilt Platform AI-powered story intelligence web application for individual creators, filmmakers, and podcast producers. Users upload raw video or audio files (or paste Dropbox/Google Drive links), and the platform returns structured story analysis reports containing transcripts with timestamps, identified narrative arcs and emotional beats, storyline options, and automatically extracted clip files ready for editing.

Quantifiable outcome

• Move from footage to finished story structure in minutes

Segments3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• OpenAI (Whisper)coreTechnology or IntegrationOpenAI's Whisper model is used for audio transcription within StoryBuilt. Provides accurate transcription with real timecodes on every line, enabling searchable footage analysis.
• Anthropic (Claude)coreTechnology or IntegrationAnthropic's Claude AI powers the deep story structure analysis, identifying narrative arcs, storyline options, emotional beats, and key turning points in uploaded footage.
• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe handles all payment processing for subscriptions. StoryBuilt does not store payment card information. Supports monthly subscription billing and automatic renewals.
• Auth0coreTechnology or IntegrationAuth0 provides authentication and login services, enabling secure user account management via Google sign-in or email login.
• AWS S3coreTechnology or IntegrationAmazon Web Services S3 provides temporary file storage during upload and processing. Files are deleted after processing is complete per the privacy policy.
• SupabasecoreTechnology or IntegrationSupabase provides database and user account storage services, storing generated transcripts and story reports in user accounts until deleted.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Munch: AI-driven long-to-short video repurposing tool that identifies the most engaging moments. Mirrors StoryBuilt's clip-extraction + story-structure orientation for content creators.
• Headliner: Audio clip creation platform that turns podcast episodes into shareable video snippets. Directly comparable for podcast producers needing highlight extraction similar to StoryBuilt's story report output.
• Opus Clip: AI tool that extracts short-form viral clips from long-form video. Closely comparable to StoryBuilt's "Extracted Clips" feature and targets the same creator repurposing use case.
• Riverside.fm: Remote podcast and video recording platform with AI-powered transcription and clip generation. Competes for the same podcast-producer and interviewer segments as StoryBuilt.
• Fathom: AI notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes meetings. Adjacent to StoryBuilt's transcript-plus-narrative-analysis model for long-form audio/video content.
• Veed.io: Browser-based video editor with AI features including auto-subtitles and clipping. Overlaps with StoryBuilt as a video creator tool with AI-driven editing assistance.
• Descript: AI-powered audio/video editor combining transcription with editing. Directly overlaps with StoryBuilt's transcription + analysis workflow and serves podcasters, YouTubers, and editors as core customers.
• Otter.ai: AI meeting and conversation transcription with summaries and highlight extraction. Overlaps with StoryBuilt's Whisper-powered transcription plus AI analysis layer.

Broad incumbents

• CapCut: ByteDance-owned video editor with AI-powered clip, caption, and template features. A larger, broadly distributed creator tool that overlaps with StoryBuilt's clip-extraction and editing-prep value proposition.
• Adobe (Premiere / Firefly): Industry-standard creative suite integrating Premiere Pro for video editing with Firefly AI for generative features. Represents the broad incumbent that could absorb StoryBuilt's narrative-analysis niche via embedded AI features.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/getstorybuilt

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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