Launch Videos

Today, we're introducing Phoenix 4.5, our most expressive real-time human rendering model yet, our first zero-shot Phoenix model.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

195k views

Fewer views than 65% of the library · #393 of 598

Runtime
5:17
Posted
Sep 10, 2026
Pace
142 wpm
Tavus on X

Introducing Phoenix-4.5, the fastest and most expressive real-time human rendering model…

5:17 · Sep 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 TavusRuntime 5:17. First five seconds: Claim or number. 0–5s hook · Claim or number0:001:192:383:585:17
  • First five secondsClaim or number

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

Narration pace

142 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 142 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 demo first launch (558k, n=140)
  • 1.0× the median uncategorized launch (195k, n=3)
  • 0.5× 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. uncategorizedn=3 · median 195k

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
uncategorized3195,03352,53414,072,91014,072,910

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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