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Caption.uz

The AI video clipper for Uzbek creators.

Creators sit on hours of long video. Turning it into shorts takes days. Caption.uz turns one long video into dozens of ready shorts.

You didn't expect it this easy ·
Subtitles appear automatically — the timeline never stops
1,591registered users 5,010videos subtitled 78paying customers UzCombinator · Batch 2
Founder

I lived this problem every single day.

I spent 5 years in media, producing videos watched by millions.

Cutting shorts out of long videos ate my days. Caption.uz was born from that pain.

Youth Affairs Agency · my workplace Yoshlar ishlari agentligi
Zohid Malikov
9M+ · 8M+ · 7M+views on my videos Zohid Malikov · Tashkent
Problem

Cutting shorts is the slowest part of growing an audience.

Script→ Shoot→ Edit→ Shortsdays of manual cutting · the bottleneck→ Export

A creator finishes a podcast — then spends days finding moments, cutting verticals, adding captions. Especially in Uzbek.

One long video — days of clipping work Global tools don't understand Uzbek
Solution

Upload one long video. Get 50 shorts.

AI moments
Moment found ✓
AI finds the hooks — the moments people actually watch.
Vertical cut
video.mp4 →
Short ready 🎬
Auto-reframed 9:16 — ready for Reels, Shorts, TikTok.
Subtitles built in
Captions burned in
98% Uzbek accuracy — our own speech engine, already live.
Minutes later — shorts done One product: upload → post
Why now

Three waves crossing at one point.

✦

AI quality jumped

Building this product is now technically and economically feasible.

▲

Short video exploded

Subtitles are no longer optional — they are how you keep the audience.

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Record number of creators

Uzbek-language creators are growing at an unprecedented rate.

The gap is open: no local competitor We are taking it first
Traction

In just 3 months.

1,591users
Registered
5,010videos
Subtitled
78customers
Paying — 59 on active subscription
3.8M UZS MRR
Monthly recurring revenue (~$300)
Server + AI costs ~$40–60/mo — covered by revenue Live since January 2026
Customers

Customers are selling the product for us.

JafarCreator · @jafarsfilm
I ran 2–3 videos through the bot — it saves so much time. I wrote just because I was so happy.
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SherzodAfter Effects · @tokhirjanovsh
The speech was in Namangan dialect — other apps can't handle it. UzCaption got it right!
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Ne'matVideo editor · 60–90 videos/mo
A 2-minute video had only 2–3 small mistakes.
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Every new feature was born from a user request Real voice messages · May 2026
Advantage

To clip Uzbek speech, you must understand it.

Caption.uz
98%
Optimized for Uzbek: spelling, dialects, Latin–Cyrillic, and the creator workflow — in one place.
Global clippers
40–50%
Uzbek is an afterthought for them. They can't find the right moments or write correct captions.
Based on internal tests and customer experience Example: a 2-minute video — 2–3 mistakes
Market

We started in Uzbekistan. The goal is Central Asia.

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan

The same technology extends to Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Tajik, and Turkmen — 60M+ people.

One language core — the whole region Turkic languages are technologically close
Business

Creators today. Studios tomorrow.

Today · working

Individual

Subscriptions at 39,000 (~$3) or 199,000 UZS (~$16) per month. 78 paying customers.

Next

Teams

Multi-seat plans for agencies and media teams.

Tomorrow

B2B API

Studios and platforms embed it into their own products.

Every user tries it free first — and subscribes once they see the value The subscription model is already working
Vision

Clips are just the beginning.

Our goal is not subtitles. It is fully automating video editing with AI.

Subtitles

98% accuracy in Uzbek

Today · live

Clips

1 long video → 50 short clips

UzReel · pilot

Editing

AI cuts with professional taste

In progress

Publish

Finished content — to the right platform

Future
5,010 videos of signal collected — every use makes the model stronger A moat that compounds
UzCombinator · Batch 2
UzCaption

We started with the Uzbek language. Our ambition is far bigger.

Caption.uz was built in after-work hours. With full-time focus and a strong founder environment, we will turn it into a regional product.

caption.uz @uzcaptions_bot
Zohid Malikov zohidbekuz12345@gmail.com +998 94 258 20 03 MentorFirdavs Urinov
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