Launch Videos

Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z. We're building AI that…

No clear spoken opening: the video opens on music, text or visuals. Shown instead: the start of the post text.

1.2M views

More views than 72% of the library · #162 of 598

Runtime
2:27
Posted
Jun 3, 2026
Pace
191 wpm
Lassie on X

Today, we're introducing Lassie and $47M in funding led by a16z. We're building AI that…

2:27 · Jun 3, 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 LassieRuntime 2:27. First five seconds: Intro or brand. Company named at 2:04.0–5s hook · Intro or brandCompany named at 2:042:04 Company named0:000:371:141:502:27
  • First five secondsIntro or brand
  • Company named2:04

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

Narration pace

191 words a minute · dense

Narration pace: 191 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

  • 4.3× the median founder story launch (279k, n=43)
  • 3.0× the median funding launch (394k, n=94)
  • 2.9× 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. 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
Founder story43278,53064,9921,099,29639,909,098
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