Launch Videos

The rise of AI search has created an inhuman amount of work for every marketer on the planet, which is why ProFound has raised $180…

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

219k views

Fewer views than 63% of the library · #379 of 598

Runtime
1:37
Posted
Sep 15, 2026
Pace
166 wpm
Profound on X

Excited to share @profound has raised a $180M Series D, co-led by @sequoia and…

1:37 · Sep 15, 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 ProfoundRuntime 1:37. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 5s.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 5s5s Company named0:000:240:481:131:37
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named5s

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

Narration pace

166 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 166 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

  • 0.7× the median funding announcement launch (303k, n=91)
  • 0.6× the median funding launch (394k, n=94)
  • 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. Funding announcementn=91 · median 303k
  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
Funding announcement91302,61799,0731,218,57114,373,501
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