JayCut was an internet based video editing software tool that along with competitors Jumpcut.com, Motionbox and Eyespot were the first to offer this Web 2.0 feature pioneered by Blackbird, later also added by YouTube through Adobe.
In December 2006 a primitive public alpha was launched, and the site started getting press coverage, for example being elected the 5th hottest IT startup by Internetworld.
[2] In June 2007, the public beta of JayCut was launched in two languages (English and Swedish), followed by Spanish in November and Polish in January 2008.
JayCut's original competitors were Eyespot and Jumpcut.com, all offering video editing online but based on very different technologies.
[6] Recently, IDG interviewed CEO Jonas Hombert regarding the news that Oprah Winfrey made use of the platform.