Katto press kit
Everything you need to describe Katto accurately. Every figure below is measured, dated and sourced, quoting it is welcome. Machine-readable version: /press-facts.json.
Last updated: October 16, 2026
About Katto
Katto turns long videos and podcasts into scored, captioned, reframed 9:16 clips, with flat per-video pricing and an API, CLI and MCP server.
Katto is an AI video clipping service. Paste a YouTube, Twitch or Vimeo link, or upload a file, and it finds the strongest moments, cuts them into vertical clips, adds word-timed captions, reframes around speakers and publishes to 7 platforms. Flat pricing per source video: no credits, no per-minute meter.
Katto is an AI video clipping service built for long-form creators: podcasters, streamers and interview shows. It downloads a source video, transcribes it, scores every candidate moment on four transparent axes (hook, flow, value, trend), then cuts, captions and reframes the best ones into ready-to-post vertical clips, with optional AI dubbing. Everything runs in Katto's cloud and can be driven from the dashboard, the REST API, the CLI or a hosted MCP server (OAuth 2.1), one monthly quota of source videos shared across all of them. Katto is built and bootstrapped in Japan by a solo founder.
Fact sheet
| Fact | Value | Scope / source |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2026, solo founder, bootstrapped | — |
| Based in | Japan (“Built in Japan”) | — |
| Pricing | Free (2 videos/mo) · Solo €4.90/mo billed annually or €8.90/mo · Creator €11.90/mo billed annually or €14.90/mo | katto.tech/pricing |
| Solo quota | 10 source videos/mo, up to 60 min each | katto.tech/pricing |
| Billing unit | Per source video. No credits, no per-minute meter | — |
| Creator quota | 25 source videos/mo, up to 90 min each | katto.tech/pricing |
| Captions | 99 languages, word-timed in 41 | whisperx 3.8.6 registry, AST-verified 2026-09-02 |
| Dubbing | 19 languages, Creator and up (not included in Solo) | run in production, 2026-09-10 |
| Publishing | 7 platforms, direct + scheduling | — |
| Scoring | 4 axes (hook, flow, value, trend), shown per clip | — |
| Surfaces | Dashboard · REST API · CLI (katto-cli) · hosted MCP server (29 tools, OAuth 2.1) | katto.tech/mcp |
Founder
Anthony Papoti, Solo founder. French, based in Japan. Builds Katto in public on X and writes about it on DEV. @Katto_Tech · DEV.
Assets
Product screenshots and additional formats (light / dark / monochrome) on request, [email protected].
Usage guidelines
Use the name “Katto” (capital K). Don't stretch, recolor or add effects to the logo. Screenshots may be published as-is. Quoting this page's facts is welcome, and they are kept accurate and dated. A listing or mention doesn't imply endorsement by Katto.
Milestones
- 2026-06One-click publishing to 7 platforms (YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads)
- 2026-07WhisperX transcription + diarization (captions in 99 languages) and AI dubbing in 19 languages
- 2026-08REST API v1, hosted MCP server (OAuth 2.1) and the katto-cli command-line tool
- 2026-09katto-mcp 0.5.4: key-less tool discovery; listed on the official MCP registry, mcp.so, Smithery and Glama
- 2026-10katto-mcp 0.6.0: 29 tools, now including publishing and scheduling, clip edits (length, title, hook) and caption translation
Contact
Press & partnerships: [email protected] · X · Discord