Launch Videos

I'm the program manager for SHIELD AI's collaborative combat aircraft program, working to build a mission autonomy that will go on CCA prototypes like the…

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

34k views

Fewer views than 89% of the library · #537 of 598

Runtime
2:16
Posted
Sep 22, 2026
Pace
168 wpm
Shield on X

They build it. We fly it. Meet the team that took Hivemind mission autonomy from lab to…

2:16 · Sep 22, 2026

Nothing from X loads until you click. Loading fetches X’s embed script, which can set cookies. Nothing autoplays from this page. Open on X

Launch anatomy

When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.

Launch anatomy for ShieldRuntime 2:16. First five seconds: Intro or brand. Company named at 52s.0–5s hook · Intro or brandCompany named at 52s52s Company named0:000:341:081:422:16
  • First five secondsIntro or brand
  • Company named52s

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

Narration pace

168 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 168 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

  • 0.1× the median demo first launch (558k, n=140)
  • 0.1× the median AI agent launch (377k, n=164)
  • 0.1× 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