Launch Videos

Hi, I'm Ben. I'm the founder of OpenWork, the open source alternative to Cloud Cowork.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

92k views

Fewer views than 77% of the library · #462 of 598

Runtime
2:34
Posted
Apr 24, 2026
Pace
162 wpm
Y Combinator on X

OpenWork (@getopenwork) is the open source alternative to Claude Cowork. Roll out AI…

2:34 · Apr 24, 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 Y CombinatorRuntime 2:34. First five seconds: Intro or brand. Company named at 0s.0–5s hook · Intro or brandCompany named at 0s0s Company named0:000:381:171:562:34
  • First five secondsIntro or brand
  • Company named0s

Not detected: product named, demo starts, call to action

Narration pace

162 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 162 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 founder story launch (279k, n=43)
  • 0.2× the median dev tool launch (465k, n=76)
  • 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. Founder storyn=43 · median 279k
  3. dev tooln=76 · median 465k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Founder story43278,53064,9921,099,29639,909,098
dev tool76464,900185,732938,0914,777,820

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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