Launch Videos

Nous Research

Demo firstAI agent

The profile builder in Hermes dashboard.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

546k views

More views than 55% of the library · #266 of 598

Runtime
0:47
Posted
Jun 10, 2026
Pace
66 wpm
Nous Research on X

Introducing the Hermes Agent Profile Builder You can now build a complete profile in the…

0:47 · Jun 10, 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 Nous ResearchRuntime 0:47. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 0s.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 0s0s Company named0:000:120:240:350:47
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named0s

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

Narration pace

66 words a minute · sparse

Narration pace: 66 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 572k views (n=84). 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

  • 1.0× the median demo first launch (558k, n=140)
  • 1.4× the median AI agent launch (377k, n=164)
  • 1.3× 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. Demo firstn=140 · median 558k
  3. AI agentn=164 · median 377k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Demo first140557,771197,9071,810,652138,357,050
AI agent164376,795101,5391,583,684138,357,050

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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