Google Cloud Embeds Gemini into Avid Media Composer
Hollywood film editing bays are getting crowded as Google Cloud embeds Gemini Enterprise into Avid Media Composer, the professional video editor shared by Adobe Premiere. This move directly challenges ADBE's grip on Hollywood post-production software. In August, Jim Cramer warned that Google was coming for Adobe's turf, citing AI platforms eroding its enterprise software dominance.
Avid surveyed 120 professional editors and found that 79% already use AI in their workflows, with 87% saying the technology is most valuable when it frees up creative time. The integration of Gemini Enterprise into Avid Media Composer delivers innovation like agentic editing via natural language prompts, semantic search, and connected newsroom-to-timeline workflows.
Gemini models now process 22 billion API tokens per minute, with nearly 90% of Fortune 100 companies already using Gemini Enterprise. Alphabet's market cap is $4.15 trillion, with a trailing P/E of 16.7. Google Cloud backlog sits at over $460 billion.