Launch Videos
Auctor
Today, we're excited to announce that we've closed our Series A and have raised a total of $20 million led by Sequoia Capital, with the…
The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).
596k views
More views than 58% of the library · #249 of 598
- Runtime
- 2:41
- Posted
- Apr 15, 2026
- Pace
- 162 wpm
We raised $20M from @sequoia to redefine how software is deployed.
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Launch anatomy
When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.
- First five secondsClaim or number
Not detected: company named, product named, demo starts, call to action
162 words a minute · brisk
Launches at this pace have a median of 327k views (n=215). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.
Show the data
| Pace | Median views | Videos (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Sparse (0–80) | 571,511 | 84 |
| Conversational (80–140) | 346,258 | 185 |
| Brisk (140–180) | 326,715 | 215 |
| Dense (180–+) | 670,380 | 71 |
How it compares
- 2.0× the median funding announcement launch (303k, n=91)
- 1.5× the median funding launch (394k, n=94)
- 1.5× the library median (407k, n=598)
- All launchesn=598 · median 407k: 598 launches, median 407,120 views
- Funding announcementn=91 · median 303k: 91 launches, median 302,617 views
- fundingn=94 · median 394k: 94 launches, median 393,739 views
One launch Median This launchViews, log scale
Show the data
| Group | Videos | Median | 25th pct | 75th pct | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All launches | 598 | 407,120 | 103,030 | 1,346,326 | 138,357,050 |
| Funding announcement | 91 | 302,617 | 99,073 | 1,218,571 | 14,373,501 |
| funding | 94 | 393,739 | 148,416 | 1,118,004 | 14,373,501 |
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Videos belong to the companies that posted them and play through X’s official embed, which loads only after you click. Hook labels and “why it worked” notes are AI-assisted analysis and can be wrong. Curated from public launch posts on X. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Corrections and removal