I built an AI video tool that eliminates editing timelines, and I am stuck at customer acquisitions.

Hi Everyone, I am looking for advice on how do people go about customer acquisitions, or if anyone here hates editing and is interested in joining the beta program ?

The product I built eliminates the need for the user to edit and instead lets them be a director. It lets you just tell the AI what changes to make instead of scrubbing and dragging clips on a timeline. 

For context,  I am a solo founder, built the MVP, been trying to find product market fit, but I am stuck at marketing and not making progress. The approach I have been following so far is:

  1. Reaching out to my network: Almost all of them are not frequent content creators. They have full time job and don’t post on social media. The good thing though is, who ever has tried it is able to successfully create a reel. I think its a nice insight, but I don’t know if this is the correct customer profile or how to capitalize on it.

  2. Reddit groups: I tried posting about my product directly and indirectly in the relevant groups, but mostly my posts are still under review or get blocked because you cannot self promote.

  3. Reddit users: I tried messaging users who complain about editing, or looking for tools to solve editing problems, but the response rate is slow/ infrequent, and sometimes there is no response. 

  4. Instagram users: I tried messages multiple users who I thought fit my customer profile on instagram, but again no response, no progress.

I feel stuck as I don’t see enough progress, and dont know if I should continue in these directions or change anything ?

Has anyone faced such challenges in their early-stage ? If you want to try my product, DM me and I will share the link. Otherwise, any feedback on the approach and/or the next steps would be nice. 

Posted Jun 12, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC

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