Introducing Ponder: the agentic video editor. It’s a new paradigm for filmmaking, where powerful creative agents and humans collaborate to tell world-class stories. We're also announcing our $2.5M pre-seed, led by Liu Jiang from Sunflower (@seedtosunflower), with @Joshuabrowder and @MattHartman. Joined by @levie (Box), @emerywells (Frame), @JaredLeto, @CommaCapital, the @nyuniversity venture fund, @cory, @darian314, @shiffman, and many more incredible founders, investors, and creators.

May 12, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

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Introducing Ponder: the agentic video editor.

This thread launches Ponder, an AI partner for creative workflows, and announces a $2.5M pre-seed round. A product video frames it as a way to preserve human taste while reducing friction, followed by an early-access invitation.

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Topics: [creative tool launch][human-AI collaboration][startup funding]AI

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Introducing Ponder: the agentic video editor.

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