Launch Videos

We're excited to announce our $12 million Series A, led by Standard Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, and others.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

87k views

Fewer views than 77% of the library · #465 of 598

Runtime
1:17
Posted
Apr 21, 2026
Pace
165 wpm
Bolto on X

We raised $12M led by @standard_cap with participation from @ycombinator…

1:17 · Apr 21, 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 BoltoRuntime 1:17. First five seconds: Claim or number. Demo starts at 29s. Company named at 1:07.0–5s hook · Claim or numberDemo starts at 29s29s Demo startsCompany named at 1:071:07 Company named0:000:190:380:581:17
  • First five secondsClaim or number
  • Company named1:07
  • Demo starts29s

Not detected: product named, call to action

Narration pace

165 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 165 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 327k views (n=215). 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 funding announcement launch (303k, n=91)
  • 0.6× the median enterprise SaaS launch (142k, n=61)
  • 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. Funding announcementn=91 · median 303k
  3. enterprise SaaSn=61 · median 142k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Funding announcement91302,61799,0731,218,57114,373,501
enterprise SaaS61142,33032,387515,67219,483,811

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