Skiv

Skiv is an ad-free video hosting platform where AI indexes every upload for search and question answering. It adds auto transcripts, chapters, clipping, branded embeds, private sharing and paid membership tiers, aimed at creators, educators and teams managing their own video libraries.

Skiv is a video hosting platform that puts artificial intelligence at the centre of how a video library is stored and used. Creators upload footage once, then let Skiv handle delivery, playback and discovery. The pitch is straightforward: every upload is transcribed and indexed, so the things people say, the objects on screen and the text burned into a frame all become searchable. The company positions the product as a home for video rather than a social network, and it carries no advertising on the player or the pages around it. The AI layer covers two jobs. Search answers the question "where in my library is that moment?" by matching a query against spoken words, visual content and on-screen text, then returning the right clip. Chat goes further: a viewer or the owner can ask a natural question in plain language and receive an answer with a timestamp pointing back to the source video. Around that sit the practical tools most libraries need. Transcriptions are generated automatically and shown synced beside the video, chapters let viewers skim, and any transcript line can be clicked to jump to that moment. Clips can be cut from any point and shared quickly, and the player itself can be branded and embedded on an external site with a single line of code. Privacy is handled per video, with private, unlisted, link or password access, plus whole portals for larger collections. Monetization is the other half of the offer. Creators can turn a collection into a paid membership, set their own tiers, and let Skiv manage billing and delivery. The homepage shows creator dashboards with revenue, subscriber counts and plan pricing per collection, alongside analytics for views, unique opens, watch time and bandwidth, broken down by country and time window. Collections group videos thematically, so a library can hold several separately priced or free portals at once. Skiv suits educators, teams, course sellers and independent creators who have outgrown a plain file host but do not want an ad-funded platform deciding what their audience sees. It competes with general video hosts on search and transcripts rather than reach, and with course platforms on hosting and player control rather than curriculum tooling. Anyone needing the free tier can start there; paid membership features are the upgrade path.