Save hours on long videos. Get instant AI summaries, chat, and transcripts — right on the watch page.
| Founded year: | 2026 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Funding rounds: | Not set |
| Total funding amount: | Not set |
Description
SkipBait is a Chrome extension that works directly on your YouTube pages — helping you save hours with AI summaries and chat.Why SkipBait?
🎯 Replace clickbait titles with honest ones
📝 One-sentence TL;DR
🧭 AI summary with timestamps
🌐 AI Chat that searches the web to answer your question while you stay on YouTube
📌 Practical to-dos from the video — like recommendations from a health podcast — linked to the exact moment
🌍 Summary & transcript translation in 20+ languages
💬 Chat in 50+ languages
🎨 Customisable UI (font, emoji toggle, highlight, light & dark modes, expandable mode)
📄 YouTube to PDF / notes export
Ideal for:
Students — quick clarifications on lectures and tutorials, with timestamp links back to where it was explained
Researchers — timestamped, web-backed answers when you need to verify a stat or name
Professionals — pull takeaways from long webinars without rewatching the full recording
Language learners — chat and read summaries in your own language, with timestamp links to replay any line