Launch Videos

Growth is a system problem and Hilbert is actually the first product to treat it like one.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

83k views

Fewer views than 78% of the library · #468 of 598

Runtime
1:30
Posted
Apr 15, 2026
Pace
180 wpm
Hilbert on X

We’re announcing our Series A led by @a16z. Hilbert builds the infrastructure for…

1:30 · Apr 15, 2026

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Launch anatomy

When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.

Launch anatomy for HilbertRuntime 1:30. First five seconds: Claim or number. Company named at 0s. Demo starts at 1:16.0–5s hook · Claim or numberCompany named at 0s0s Company namedDemo starts at 1:161:16 Demo starts0:000:220:451:081:30
  • First five secondsClaim or number
  • Company named0s
  • Demo starts1:16

Not detected: product named, call to action

Narration pace

180 words a minute · dense

Narration pace: 180 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 670k views (n=71). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.

Show the data
PaceMedian viewsVideos (n)
Sparse (0–80)571,51184
Conversational (80–140)346,258185
Brisk (140–180)326,715215
Dense (180–+)670,38071

How it compares

  • 0.3× the median problem, then agitate launch (257k, n=177)
  • 0.2× the median funding launch (394k, n=94)
  • 0.2× the library median (407k, n=598)
Where this launch landsEach dot is one launch. The ringed dot is this one.
  1. All launchesn=598 · median 407k
  2. Problem, then agitaten=177 · median 257k
  3. fundingn=94 · median 394k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Problem, then agitate177256,92360,264948,24644,763,150
funding94393,739148,4161,118,00414,373,501

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Hook style, category, “why it worked” and the takeaway are AI-assisted labels, not hand-reviewed. Beat timings miss some moments: “not detected” does not mean it never happened.

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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