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Y Combinator - Arden (@ArdenA87989) is building agents that automate the manual work
Arden · May 2026 · 1:14 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:14
- Scenes
- 24 · 3.1 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:17
- Call to action
- 1:08 · 91%
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 01:14:13
Arden’s 1:14 launch film runs 24 scenes, about 3.1 s each. The product shows up at 0:17. The call to action lands at 1:08 (91% in), over a voiceover. The video alternates live-action presenter cutaways with dark green motion graphics and flat white UI mockups, moving from a spreadsheet problem statement to a product reveal, an in-app agent tour, and a glowing outcomes timeline that ends on a URL card. Signature moves include floating 3D icon fields, a green cursor with an Arden pill tracing UI actions, and flat stat cards popping onto a panning timeline.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 2 capture groups — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 3 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 5 graphic passages — draw or supply · 2 3D passages — build or supply
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· 24 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:01
A man in a navy quarter-zip stands in an office with a stone brick wall and a large leafy plant behind him, speaking to camera and gesturing with both hands at chest height. Medium shot at a slight angle, steady framing.
Camera: Pull out
02 · Hook · 0:01–0:11
A man in a navy quarter-zip talks to camera in an office hallway while flat spreadsheet windows float around him, drifting and fading. An orange Y Combinator badge wipes in at the left as he gestures.
On-screen text: “Y”, “Combinator”
Techniques: Parallax, Masking
Camera: Push in
03 · Problem · 0:11–0:14
On a dark green gradient, the word Today, in green scales up at center, then gives way to the full line Internal audit teams are scrambling. which slides in, with Today, and scrambling. kept in green against white.
On-screen text: “Today,”, “Internal audit teams are scrambling.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:14–0:15
A dark green-tinted backdrop holds a centered line, the word “scrambling” in green; it then gives way to a rounded app icon with a radial burst of gray dashes, while a second icon edge rises from the bottom.
On-screen text: “Internal audit teams are scrambling.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:15–0:17
A dark field of glowing rounded app icon tiles, including GitHub, AWS and Slack, sits in soft 3D perspective. Several tiles pulse and brighten in turn while the others hold still against the near-black background.
Camera: Pull out
06 · Product intro · 0:17–0:28
Glowing app icons and dark notification cards, plus spreadsheet mockups, float in 3D space, then blur away as a centered caption line appears. The frame settles on the white Arden wordmark with its tagline below.
On-screen text: “It's busy work that auditors”, “should not be doing anymore”, “Arden”, “AI platform for internal audit teams”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
07 · Product intro · 0:28–0:29
A dark network diagram centers on the white Arden icon, with the word Arden scaling in above it and a static tagline below. Curved lines glow green, branching to a grid of rounded-square app icons that fade in, then the whole web dims.
On-screen text: “Arden”, “AI platform for internal audit teams”
Camera: Static
08 · Product intro · 0:29–0:31
A dark network diagram centers a white angular logo, green lines branching to seven app icons: a spinner, N mark, W mark, green ring, CSV file, GitHub cat, and Slack logo. The icons pulse in a staggered wave, the W mark scaling and the CSV label sliding.
Camera: Push in
09 · Demo · 0:31–0:33
A flat white Okta dashboard card scales up from a centered panel to fill the frame over a tilted 3D background of the same view. A green cursor arrow points at the Arden pill beside the search bar.
Techniques: 3D mockup, UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
10 · Demo · 0:33–0:34
A product search interface sits at a slight 3D angle on a dark background. The word Authenticators types into the search field as a green cursor and a green Arden pill point to the matching result card. The pill scales in.
On-screen text: “Arden”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
11 · Demo · 0:34–0:35
A light Okta admin screen with an Authenticators table; the view zooms out to reveal the sidebar as a green Arden cursor tag moves down and hovers over a new Password row that fills in as Active.
Techniques: UI zoom, Cursor demo
Camera: Pull out
12 · Demo · 0:35–0:36
A tilted Okta admin dashboard mockup floats on a dark background. Two green cursors tagged Ardent glide across the interface, pointing at the Password Rules tab and a status row in the table.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
13 · Demo · 0:36–0:39
The Okta admin screen, on the Password Rules tab, floats as a tilted card on a dark background, then flattens. A green dashed border traces its outline and a green Screenshot Taken badge drops into the lower-left corner, then both fade, leaving the clean interface.
On-screen text: “Screenshot Taken”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
14 · Demo · 0:39–0:41
A white notification card pops into the center of a dark green backdrop, its Arden header, message line and two buttons filling in quickly. A green cursor glides onto the green View Workpaper button, hovers, then exits.
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:41–0:44
A light workpaper card with a User Access Termination table of Pass rows sits in a dark chat view. The camera steadily zooms into the table, cropping the Arden message at the top and the numbered tab bar at the bottom.
Techniques: UI zoom
Camera: Push in
16 · Demo · 0:44–0:52
A Pass-filled compliance table sits behind a white Arden chat card. A green cursor clicks send after the query is typed. The card expands and the view zooms in as timestamped evidence steps appear line by line, then pulls back to a result card for Sarah Chen.
Techniques: Cursor demo, Morph, UI zoom
Camera: Pull out
17 · Demo · 0:52–0:56
A white evidence card titled 'Orphaned Account – Sarah Chen' floats over a dimmed access table. It scrolls down through Workday, IAM Log and Okta sections while the view zooms in, ending on a recommendation note with Approve and Escalate buttons.
Techniques: UI zoom
Camera: Push in
18 · Other · 0:56–0:59
On a dark green gradient, a glowing line icon forms a rounded card labeled Connects data. The card slides left as a horizontal connector line with two endpoint dots draws out to the right.
On-screen text: “Connects data”
Camera: Static
19 · Other · 0:59–1:01
A white stat card fades in on a dark green field, its number ticking up as a green bar chart fills in. A glowing “Connects data” badge slides in at lower left, and a thin line with a dot plus a gray caption fades in beneath it.
On-screen text: “Connects data”, “Hours per control down”
Camera: Static
20 · Other · 1:01–1:01
A white metrics card with a descending green bar chart sits in the upper left on a dark background. A glowing line runs below it as a bright dot travels left to right. A bordered “Connects data” pill slides in at the left edge while faint captions fade in.
On-screen text: “Connects data”, “Hours per control down”, “No more chasing”
Techniques: Light sweep
Camera: Static
21 · Other · 1:01–1:06
On a dark green field, a glowing horizontal timeline with lit nodes pans right. Flat white UI cards pop in beside the nodes: a control-hours bar chart, a time-to-evidence list, and an exceptions grid with warning icons. Small green captions label each step.
On-screen text: “Connects data”, “No more chasing”, “Hours per control down”, “Every exception caught”
Camera: Push in
22 · Other · 1:06–1:08
Dark green backdrop. A white card listing flagged exceptions drifts up and out of frame at top left while a second card exits bottom left. A thin glowing line runs across the middle as a bright dot travels right, ending at a Workpaper ready pill that scales in.
On-screen text: “documented an cited”, “Workpaper ready”
Techniques: Light sweep
Camera: Push in
23 · CTA · 1:08–1:11
A man in a blue zip sweater with a lapel mic stands centered in a bright office lobby, talking to the camera as the linear ceiling lights and exit sign blur behind him. A small caption, “Workpaper ready,” scales in over the shot.
On-screen text: “Workpaper ready”
Camera: Push in
24 · CTA · 1:11–1:14
A dark green field with a soft central glow holds a centered rounded-rectangle outline with a thin luminous stroke. Inside, the white lowercase wordmark ardentech.ai sits still. The locked-off frame stays static for the full duration.
On-screen text: “ardentech.ai”
Camera: Static