25 Years of Film.
One Vision for AI.

It started with two Digital Betacam decks, a mixer, and an effects unit. That was a professional editing suite in the late 1990s. Every cut was physical, every decision final.

Thomas Fenkart spent 25 years in B2B commercial film production — from those tape decks through the non-linear revolution (Avid, Final Cut, Premiere) to today's GenAI frontier. Hundreds of commercial projects. Thousands of hours in the editing suite. An instinct for what works on screen — and what doesn't.

The camera revolution around 2010 was the first major shift: suddenly DSLRs and cameras like the RED could produce cinematic imagery that previously required equipment costing tens of thousands. But the real paradigm shift came with social media. Three deliverables became thirty. Agencies wanted 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 — all from the same shoot. The workload multiplied, but the tools stayed the same.

Then came generative AI. And everything changed again.

When Thomas saw the first AI-generated video clips reach production quality, the question wasn't "will this replace filmmakers?" It was: "Who builds the right tools to work with this?"

The answer was clear: it had to be someone who understood both worlds — the craft of storytelling and the engineering of AI systems. Thomas teamed up with his brother Christian, a software architect fluent in TypeScript, Python, and cloud infrastructure. Together, they founded Not Another Mate Software GmbH in Dornbirn, Austria, with a singular mission:

"Build tools for the previously almost impossible — merging 25 years of filmmaking craft with the limitless potential of generative AI."

MergeMate.ai is the result. Not just another video editor with an AI button tacked on. A platform built from the ground up for the GenAI era — where an AI agent understands your project, remembers your preferences, and takes autonomous action. Where generating footage, translating to 70 languages, and rendering for every platform happens in one conversation.