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Cyclon - an AI phone built to replace your iPhone
Cyclon · Nov 2026 · 1:36 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
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Founder-led live action in front of a black curtain is intercut with clean 3D phone renders on gradient fields, each demonstration capped by a word-by-word caption punchline. The signature moves are the corner-bracket focus frames, the pixelated swirl logo, and the slow 3D tilts of the phone mockup, all cut to a steady ~129 bpm pulse.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 18 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 11 3D passages — build or supply
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Cyclon - an AI phone built to replace your iPhone, scene by scene
· 30 scenes as text
01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:05
Two men stand before a black curtain as white text and bracketed phone outlines animate across the frame. Name tags slide in, then the right man holds up a phone showing a swirl logo as 'this is Cyclon' appears.
On-screen text: “We're building”, “an AI phone”, “to replace the iphone”, “Thomas”, “Adam”, “this is Cyclon”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Particles
Camera: Push in
02 · Product intro · 0:05–0:07
A 3D phone mockup sits centered on a light gray field of circuit lines, its screen showing a Good afternoon greeting and a photo request card. Dark and light pill labels slide in around the phone to spell out a phrase.
On-screen text: “a new phone”, “with its”, “own”, “operating”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Product intro · 0:07–0:07
A 3D phone mockup sits centered on a light gray field, its screen showing a Good afternoon greeting and a photo-request notification. Caption chips around it read a new phone with its own operating system, flanked by circuit lines and small colored squares, the layers drifting slowly.
On-screen text: “a new phone”, “with its”, “own”, “operating system”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Parallax
Camera: Static
04 · Product intro · 0:07–0:09
A 3D phone mockup tilts into view, its home screen reading “Good afternoon” with an AI prompt, while five interface screens fan out behind it in perspective. Text chips fade in on either side: “designed from the ground up” on the left and “around AI” on the right.
On-screen text: “designed”, “from the ground up”, “around AI”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
05 · Demo · 0:09–0:12
A black phone mockup sits centered on a soft blue-lavender gradient, its cream screen typing out a dictated line above an audio waveform. The device scales gently in and out while a blinking cursor follows the words.
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Demo · 0:12–0:20
A 3D phone floats on a soft blue gradient as the camera pulls back from a close-up of the greeting screen to the full device. A message card condenses into a status line, then a background card slides in revealing WhatsApp and Gallery thumbnails.
Techniques: 3D mockup, Morph
Camera: Static
07 · Demo · 0:20–0:23
A black smartphone floats centered on a blue-lavender gradient, its screen showing an assistant greeting. The prompt '9 photos of Alex. Send them?' types out, a 3x3 photo grid and two buttons appear, then a green WhatsApp row confirms the photos were sent.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
08 · Demo · 0:23–0:25
A man in a blue t-shirt stands against a black curtain, talking and gesturing. A phone-shaped outline with corner brackets on the left fills with a CYCLON list, items appearing one by one. On the right, the quote “I never had to touch my phone.” builds word by word.
On-screen text: “CYCLON”, “Read Alex's message”, “Found 9 photos from yesterday”, “I never had to touch my phone.”, “Sent to Alex.”, “Waiting for reply”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
09 · Demo · 0:25–0:27
A presenter in a blue tee talks against a black curtain while a pixelated cyclone logo snaps into a corner-bracket frame on the left and the caption Cyclon is a phone. builds in on the right. The frame then condenses into a blurred rounded card over a particle field.
On-screen text: “Cyclon”, “is a phone.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Morph, Particles
Camera: Static
10 · Demo · 0:27–0:29
A bearded man in glasses and a teal t-shirt speaks inside a rounded card framed by four corner brackets, centered on a black starfield. The card and brackets stay locked while his mouth moves.
On-screen text: “Cyclon”, “is a phone.”
Camera: Pan
11 · Demo · 0:29–0:31
A bearded man in a blue tee speaks in a vertical rounded cutout at center, framed by a curved 3D wall of dark app cards with icons and labels, plus small white square markers on a starry black field; the cards drift slowly while his head moves.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
12 · Demo · 0:31–0:32
A bearded man in glasses and a teal shirt speaks inside a rounded cutout at center, framed by a 3D grid of dark app-icon cards that blur and recede through a starry field.
Techniques: Masking, 3D mockup, Particles, Parallax
Camera: Static
13 · Demo · 0:32–0:33
A bearded man in a teal shirt and round glasses sits in a rounded card with corner brackets on a black starry field. A blurred app list flares behind him and fades as the words on my and device appear at his sides.
On-screen text: “on my”, “device”
Camera: Static
14 · Demo · 0:33–0:35
A bearded man in glasses and a beige T-shirt speaks to camera against a dark curtain. On the left, a white caption builds line by line with “settling” in bold, then clears as he stands centered in a wider frame.
On-screen text: “n my device”, “And instead of”, “settling for the”, “closest app you can find,”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:35–0:38
A man in a beige t-shirt stands before a black curtain, holding a phone and gesturing as he speaks. On the left, a pixelated white pinwheel logo assembles inside corner brackets while the words ask, to build and exactly what you need. fade in around it.
On-screen text: “ask”, “to build”, “exactly what you need.”
Camera: Static
16 · Demo · 0:38–0:39
A bearded man in clear-framed glasses and a beige t-shirt stands centered against a black curtain, speaking to camera. Near the end he raises a dark smartphone in his right hand.
Camera: Pull out
17 · Demo · 0:39–0:41
A bearded man with glasses holds a phone and speaks into it against a black curtain. At left, a floating phone mockup shows the voice interface, where the command 'Build me an app to learn Spanish.' types in above a pulsing waveform.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
18 · Demo · 0:41–0:48
A man in a beige tee and clear glasses stands before a black curtain, speaking into a phone held to his mouth. A tilted 3D phone mockup on the left shows a voice chat where prompts and his answers type in above an animated waveform.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
19 · Demo · 0:48–0:56
A bearded man in glasses speaks to camera against a dark curtain. White text lines assemble on the left, keywords in bold, then a 3D phone mockup of the Spanish lesson screen slides in on the left as he glances down, and a caption appears on the right.
On-screen text: “It knows what”, “I need,”, “asks what”, “matters”, “and builds it.”, “Can you share it with Adam?”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
20 · Demo · 0:56–0:57
A bearded man in a light t-shirt stands before a dark curtain and turns his head to the side. A 3D phone mockup of a Spanish lesson screen sits at the left edge, and a white caption reads on the right.
On-screen text: “Can you share it with”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
21 · Demo · 0:57–0:58
Two bearded men sit at a table against a dark curtain; a white rounded pill with a black spiral logo and the caption Sharing it with Adam slides into the center between them on a locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Sharing it with Adam”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
22 · Demo · 0:58–1:00
A bearded man in a blue T-shirt is filmed against a dark curtain, soft at first, then racks to focus as he looks down and speaks. A white notification card with a pink app icon and gray corner marks fades in on the right.
Camera: Pan
23 · Demo · 1:00–1:05
A phone mockup centered on a striped gradient background shows a voice input screen; a line of text types out above a waveform. The screen switches to a home view with a greeting and status pills, then the phone tilts into 3D perspective as a list view appears.
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
24 · Demo · 1:05–1:07
A 3D phone mockup on the left displays a Mandarin app home screen with a pink lesson card and practice list. On the right, the headline builds line by line, 'It goes beyond what's on your phone,' bracketed by small square logo marks on a soft gradient.
On-screen text: “It goes beyond what's on your phone.”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
25 · Demo · 1:07–1:16
A man in a blue shirt talks to camera in front of a black curtain. A pixelated white swirl logo inside corner brackets appears at right; caption lines build word by word beside it, then the logo shifts below a new line of text.
On-screen text: “builds its own”, “integrations”, “through MCPs,”, “APIs and”, “custom software”, “just by asking.”, “What you just saw”, “was”, “running on a”, “working prototype.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
26 · Other · 1:16–1:18
A man in a beige T-shirt stands before a black curtain, holding a small black device and gesturing while speaking. On the left, a caption appears line by line, with the middle line in bold white.
On-screen text: “What you just saw”, “was r”, “5”, “And we're already”, “building the hardware”, “around it.”
Camera: Static
27 · Other · 1:18–1:22
A bearded man in glasses and a beige t-shirt speaks to camera against a dark curtain. On the left, white caption lines type in one by one with bold key phrases and small pixel markers; a second caption block appears at the end.
On-screen text: “So it knows your life”, “and your sensitive data”, “stays on your phone.”, “And we're already building the hardware around it.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
28 · Other · 1:22–1:27
Two men stand before a black curtain on a white floor; the one in the blue T-shirt holds a phone and gestures while speaking, the other stands still. The camera slowly pulls back to a wider two-shot as a small caption is overlaid.
On-screen text: “So it knows your life”, “and your sensitive data”, “stays on your phone.”, “8”, “2”
Camera: Pull out
29 · CTA · 1:27–1:31
A rendered phone mockup fades in on the right against a blue gradient sky, its screen showing a chat summary. On the left, the cyclon wordmark and a white headline build in line by line. The shot ends with a slow zoom out that softens the frame.
On-screen text: “Pre-order now on cyclon.ai”, “First batch of pre-orders: we ship you a Pixel 8a running Cyclon OS right away.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
30 · Outro · 1:31–1:36
The black cyclon logo, a spiral mark beside a lowercase wordmark, holds centered on a plain light gray background with no motion.
Camera: Static