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Blinka (YC F26): Banking for US companies operating globally
Blinka · Nov 2026 · 0:50 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
00:00:00 / 00:50:11
Dark, grid-lined kinetic typography cards cut at roughly 31 cuts per minute against warm brick-loft founder interviews, moving from a problem statement through benefit cards into a fast UI montage. The signature moves are word-by-word headline assembly, blue and gold highlight boxes on key phrases, and a recurring circular coin emblem paired with each benefit line.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 capture group — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 14 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 5 graphic passages — draw or supply
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Blinka (YC F26): Banking for US companies operating globally, scene by scene
· 27 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:01
A black screen carries a headline that assembles word by word: “Open a USD business account” in white with “USD” in gold, then “from anywhere.” with “anywhere.” in gold italic over a blue highlight box.
On-screen text: “Open a USD business account”, “from anywhere.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
02 · Problem · 0:01–0:02
On a dark grid background, “from anywhere.” sits centered, the last word in white italic serif on a blue highlight. It cuts to “You” over a flat Delaware certificate, while “incorporated” slides in vertically along the right edge.
On-screen text: “from anywhere.”, “You”, “Delaware”, “incorporated”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Problem · 0:02–0:03
On a black background with faint grid lines, a Golden Gate Bridge photo widens from a vertical sliver into a landscape frame. Bold white words frame the image: You on top, USA on the left, into below, while incorporated slides in vertically along the right edge.
On-screen text: “You”, “incorporated”, “into”, “USA”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Masking
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:03–0:03
A tiled field of SS-4 tax forms scrolls horizontally behind large black serif words set in two columns. The words swap from “got the” to “You incorporated into” as a violet highlight bar jumps across the form columns.
On-screen text: “got”, “the”, “You”, “incorporated”, “into”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:03–0:04
A horizontal band of the SS-4 tax form scrolls left behind oversized white block letters spelling EIN, the form tinted in alternating blue and dark slices. The camera is locked off as the strip and letters slide together.
On-screen text: “EIN”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:04–0:04
Close-up of two hands in dark suits shaking against a blue backdrop, cutting to a boardroom table with several executives. Large white words “did” and “everything” stack in the top right corner as the shots change.
On-screen text: “SS-4”, “did”, “everything”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:04–0:05
Out-of-focus dark wires cross a pale blue field with white words in opposite corners. It cuts to a split screen: a black panel with text on the left, a macro shot of the flag's blue canton and white stars on the right.
On-screen text: “did”, “everything”, “right.”, “officially”, “your”
Techniques: Split screen
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:05–0:06
A close-up of the waving U.S. flag's blue star field fills the left half beside a black panel showing 'your'; over half a second the flag expands to the full frame and 'company' drops in below 'your' in white.
On-screen text: “your”, “company”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:06–0:06
Split frame: a black panel on the left holds the white words 'is' and 'American'; on the right, a close-up of a rippling US flag. The word American brightens from gray to full white.
On-screen text: “your”, “company”, “is”, “American”
Techniques: Split screen, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:06–0:07
On a near-black background with a soft radial glow, the white lowercase word “yet” scales up in the center of the frame.
On-screen text: “is”, “American”, “yet”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:07–0:08
The word “yet” scales up large on a dark grid, then a still photo of a bank vault stacked with cash and gold bars fills the frame with “for,” “your,” “bank” placed around it. The vault fades and “that’s not enough.” lands centered, “enough.” dimmed in gray.
On-screen text: “yet”, “for”, “your”, “bank”, “that's not enough.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
12 · Problem · 0:08–0:19
A man in a black fleece sits in a brick loft with a warm floor lamp, talking to camera and gesturing. Large white bold words, some in blue, pop in and out over him line by line in sync with his speech, ending on a huge “fees.”
On-screen text: “If you're running a”, “US business from abroad...”, “you know the drill.”, “Your account gets closed”, “for not being physically in the U.S.”, “Every swipe abroad?”, “fees.”, “Sending money internationally?”, “more fees.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
13 · Problem · 0:19–0:20
A wide, locked-off shot of a classical columned bank building under a bright sky, framed with cinematic letterbox bars and a light film-grain overlay. The white lowercase phrase “your bank” sits centered over the facade, the final letter of “bank” settling into view between the two frames.
On-screen text: “your bank”
Camera: Static
14 · Problem · 0:20–0:21
A softly blurred, letterboxed shot of a classical bank facade with carved columns. The black bold line “does not deserve you” holds centered over the building, static throughout the clip.
On-screen text: “your bank”, “does not deserve you”
Camera: Static
15 · Problem · 0:21–0:22
On a dark grid, the words of “it's draining you.” fade in one by one, with “draining” set in black on a white highlight box. The line “does not deserve you” precedes it on the same background.
On-screen text: “does not deserve you”, “it's draining you.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
16 · Product intro · 0:22–0:28
Two founders walk slowly toward the camera in a brick-walled office, gesturing as they introduce themselves. White lower-third name cards appear at left and right while subtitles roll along the bottom.
On-screen text: “Juan Pablo Linares”, “Co-founder & CEO at Blinka”, “I'm JP.”, “And I'm Sebastian.”, “Sebastián Linares”, “Co-founder & CTO at Blinka”, “We built Blinka,”, “so your US company”, “can bank from wherever you are.”
Camera: Pan
17 · Feature reveal · 0:28–0:29
On a near-black background with a faint grid, a small circular coin emblem sits left of a large white headline that reads 'Open a USD account from anywhere.' A faint earlier line fades out above it, and a white serif caption sits in a black box at the bottom.
On-screen text: “can bank from wherever you are.”, “Open a USD account from anywhere.”, “You can open a USD account”, “from anywhere in the world.”
Camera: Static
18 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:30
Two men stand in a brick-walled loft; the one on the left, in a black zip hoodie, gestures with both hands while speaking, while the one on the right, in glasses and a black jacket, stands still. A subtitle line sits at the bottom of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “from anywhere in the world.”
Camera: Static
19 · Feature reveal · 0:30–0:36
A near-black grid frame carries a sequence of bold white benefit headlines that crossfade one into the next, each paired with a small circular emblem at left. A serif caption in a black pill at the bottom updates line by line with the voiceover.
On-screen text: “Open a USD account from anywhere.”, “Send and receive money instantly”, “Send and receive money instantly in 20+ currencies.”, “in over 20 currencies.”, “Save up to 5% on international card expense.”, “Save up to 5%”, “on your international card expense.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
20 · Feature reveal · 0:36–0:38
Two men in dark jackets walk toward the camera down a bright office hallway, speaking to the viewer. White subtitles appear at the bottom of the frame as they talk.
On-screen text: “And the dollars”, “you're not spending?”
Camera: Static
21 · Feature reveal · 0:38–0:40
A dark card pairs a circular coin badge with a chart icon and a bold two-line headline. The line “Save up to 5% on international card expense” fades out as “Put idle dollars to work with Treasury” fades in, and a bottom caption switches to “work with Treasury.”
On-screen text: “Save up to 5% on international card expense.”, “you're not spending?”, “You can put them to”, “Put idle dollars to work with Treasury.”, “work with Treasury.”
Camera: Static
22 · Feature reveal · 0:40–0:42
Two men stand in an office hallway, the left gesturing to camera. A serif headline “Put idle dollars to work with Treasury.” holds as bottom captions swap to “One account.” then “No borders.” It cuts to black, a white logo mark forming above the caption “Open it.”
On-screen text: “Put idle dollars to work with Treasury.”, “One account.”, “No borders.”, “Open it.”
Camera: Static
23 · Demo · 0:42–0:43
On dark navy, a white two-part logo mark in a thin circle shrinks as a large USD mark and wordmark scale in on the left and three circular line-drawn currency icons appear on the right. The bottom caption pill swaps from Open it. to Move money.
On-screen text: “Open it.”, “Move money.”
Techniques: UI zoom
Camera: Static
24 · Demo · 0:43–0:44
A dark navy field shows a white B logo over USD, with dashed lines fanning to three circular icons labeled MXN, COP, BRL. The caption Move money. swaps to Tap the card. as a line-art card tilts in and a large grey Tap fades in.
On-screen text: “Move money.”, “Tap the card.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
25 · Demo · 0:44–0:45
On a dark navy background, the headline “Tap the card” sits left of a tilted line-art card with a chip and drop logo; “Tap” scales in and “the card” slides in. The frame then swaps to a centered “Done.” with a small caption pill below.
On-screen text: “Tap the card”, “Tap the card.”, “Done.”, “Done.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
26 · CTA · 0:45–0:48
A man in a black quarter-zip sits in a wooden armchair before an exposed brick wall, gesturing with both hands as he speaks. A warm floor lamp glows at left and a red canvas hangs at right. White captions sit at the bottom of the locked-off medium shot.
On-screen text: “Done.”, “You built a global company.”, “Now bank like one.”
Camera: Pull out
27 · Outro · 0:48–0:50
A soft-focus aerial view of the San Francisco skyline at dusk holds on a locked-off frame. The white blinka logo sits centered over the blurred city, and a small white legal disclaimer is pinned to the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “Now bank like one.”, “Blinka Tech Corp is a financial technology company, not a bank”, “. Banking services and deposit accounts are provided by Portage Bank, Member FDIC.”, “Eligible deposits may qualify for FDIC insurance up to $250,000 per depositor, per insured bank, per ownership category,”, “subject to pass-through insurance requirements and aggregation with other deposits at the same bank.”
Camera: Static