Dreamscale Labs · Industrials · Sep 2026
EveryApp (YC F26) - Make every app open source
EveryApp · Nov 2026 · 1:18 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
The video alternates a talking-head speaker with locked-off classical paintings, moving from the open-source problem through the product to a vision and a URL card. Its signature moves are hand-drawn marker labels and arrows sketching in over still art, and caption pills that swap in sync with the voiceover.
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EveryApp (YC F26) - Make every app open source, scene by scene
· 23 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:02
A man with curly hair and a beard speaks to the camera in front of a window and wooden door. Two caption lines appear in sequence in a dark box at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “The future of”, “software is open source”
Camera: Static
02 · Problem · 0:02–0:06
A hazy oil painting of a sailing ship with a smoking funnel holds a locked-off frame. Orange hand-drawn labels 'open source' and 'legacy software' sketch in with curved arrows pointing to the funnel and sails, while white subtitle captions swap along the bottom.
On-screen text: “software is open source”, “It forces companies to”, “open source”, “build the products that”, “legacy software”, “people actually want”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Problem · 0:06–0:09
A classical painting of a crowned king in a white turban reaches toward a glowing hand bearing Hebrew script. Red handwritten words appear line by line in the top-left corner, ending with an arrow pointing to his crown, while a white caption holds at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Or, someone else will”, “or someone”, “else will”, “incumbents”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:09–0:13
A painterly storm-sea illustration with a cresting green wave and a small boat below. A white caption line at the bottom reads out the phrase, while orange hand-drawn text and an arrow sketch in the upper left point at the wave.
On-screen text: “huge wave in”, “open source desktop applications”, “open source”, “desktop apps”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:13–0:16
A still classical painting shows a man straining to hold a boulder overhead. Red handwritten “self-hosting” with an arrow points at the rock; “security?”, “Docker?”, “updates?”, “backups?” appear line by line on the left. White captions below read “but self-hosting a web app is still pretty hard”.
On-screen text: “self-hosting”, “but self-hosting a”, “web app is”, “security?”, “Docker?”, “updates?”, “still pretty hard”, “backups?”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Product intro · 0:16–0:20
A bearded man with curly hair speaks to the camera in front of wooden-framed frosted windows. White caption boxes cycle at the bottom, and an orange hand-drawn “open source” label with an underline pops in at the upper left.
On-screen text: “self-hosting-”, “security?”, “Docker?”, “That's what we're changing”, “We're making every”, “app open source”, “open source”
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:20–0:23
A 17th-century oil portrait of a king in a white cape and blue robe is centered on black with pillarbox bars. Bold white captions on a dark rounded box swap in at the bottom: 'app open source', 'Most existing products don't', 'make sense anymore'.
On-screen text: “app open source”, “Most existing products don't”, “make sense anymore”
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:23–0:26
A static classical portrait of a robed man in armor fills the frame. A red hand-drawn speech bubble reading Contact sales. scales in beside his head, while a gray caption box reading They're expensive holds at the bottom.
On-screen text: “They're expensive”, “Contact sales.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:26–0:28
A still painting of the Tower of Babel fills the frame as red handwritten '+ add-on' notes stack up the tower over a 'v1.0' base. A gray 'bloated' tag sits at the bottom, then a red '???' arrow is drawn at the top.
On-screen text: “+ add-on”, “+ AI add-on”, “+ add-on”, “+ add-on”, “v1.0”, “bloated”, “???”, “Contact sales.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:28–0:31
A Mona Lisa painting in a vertical strip on a light gray field gets a white outline box drawn around it, a padlock icon popping in at the right. Handwritten 'BLACK BOX' with an arrow labels the box on the left, over a dark 'and impossible to change' caption.
On-screen text: “and impossible to change”, “BLACK BOX”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Feature reveal · 0:31–0:37
Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People fills the frame. A red hand-drawn circle loops around the flag, then 'OpenSEO' with an arrow and 'your AI agent = SEO expert' are scrawled in red. White captions in a dark pill cycle below. Cuts to a man speaking to camera.
On-screen text: “Our first product”, “OpenSEO”, “OpenSEO, turns your”, “your AI agent”, “AI agent into”, “= SEO expert”, “an SEO expert”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
12 · Social proof · 0:37–0:41
A bearded man with curly hair talks to the camera in a room with wooden cabinets and a window. White captions in a dark pill read his words at the bottom, while a hand-drawn red 24,000+ GitHub stars note with a star outline pops in at the top right.
On-screen text: “has over 24,000”, “☆ 24,000+ GitHub stars”, “stars on GitHub”
Camera: Static
13 · Demo · 0:41–0:46
A locked-off Renaissance painting of two robed men flanking a table of astronomical instruments. Red marker handwriting draws 'Every App' with an arrow and an ellipse around the instruments, then 'The big plan' below, while white subtitle captions appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “But, every app”, “Every App”, “has always been”, “our bigger plan”, “The big plan”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
14 · Demo · 0:46–0:49
A curly-haired man with a beard talks to camera in a room with a window and wooden door. A dark caption pill at the bottom reads “Go to our website”, then “copy the prompt”, while an orange handwritten “everyapp.com” with a drawn underline pops in at the top left.
On-screen text: “Go to our website”, “everyapp.com”, “copy the prompt”
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:49–0:52
A still of Raphael's School of Athens fresco fills the frame. White captions in a dark rounded box swap at the bottom center, while a red handwritten checklist (login, users, database, hosting) draws itself line by line over the center of the painting.
On-screen text: “everyapp.com”, “copy the prompt”, “and your AI agent”, “√ login”, “will set everything”, “√ users”, “up for you”, “√ database”, “√ hosting”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
16 · Demo · 0:52–0:55
A static classical painting of a robed man holding up three swords while helmeted figures reach out, used as a backdrop. Orange hand-drawn labels with arrows appear one by one, pointing to the swords, while a white lower-third caption switches from one phrase to the next.
On-screen text: “SEO, web analytics”, “OpenSEO”, “OpenAnalytics”, “OpenCRM”, “and a CRM”
Camera: Static
17 · Demo · 0:55–0:59
A curly-haired man with a beard sits indoors in front of a window, speaking to the camera. Subtitles at the bottom change with his words, while an orange handwritten note builds in the top left corner.
On-screen text: “all running in your”, “own Cloudflare account”, “your own”, “Cloudfilare”, “that you control”, “you control it”
Camera: Static
18 · Other · 0:59–1:05
A static medieval banquet painting fills the locked-off frame. Orange handwritten words pop in one by one, listing app categories across the image, while white subtitle captions run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “Soon, we'll build every”, “every app”, “app that a business”, “content creation”, “customer support”, “email marketing”, “company brain”, “meeting recording”, “needs to grow”, “vertical agents”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
19 · Other · 1:05–1:07
A man with curly hair and a beard speaks to the camera in a room with a window and wooden door. A caption reading 'the beginning' appears at the bottom center on a dark bar. The frame stays locked off.
On-screen text: “the beginning”
Camera: Static
20 · Other · 1:07–1:09
A still of Raphael's School of Athens fills the locked-off frame. A white caption in a dark box reads 'Anyone can build', then red marker arrows point to two figures labeled 'built one' and 'shared it' as the caption switches to 'and share apps'.
On-screen text: “Anyone can build”, “built one”, “shared it”, “and share apps”
Camera: Static
21 · Other · 1:09–1:11
Locked-off close-up of the Creation of Adam hands. Orange hand-drawn lettering pops in: 'your imagination' top right, then 'your app' with an arrow pointing to the gap between the fingers, marked by a small orange spark. White captions on a dark bar read 'You're only limited by your imagination.'
On-screen text: “built one”, “You're only limited”, “your imagination”, “by your imagination”, “your app”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
22 · CTA · 1:11–1:15
A curly-haired man with a beard speaks to the camera in a warm, wood-framed room. White subtitle text on a dark rounded bar appears at the bottom, first reading “Join us in making,” then “every app open source.”
On-screen text: “your imagination”, “your app”, “Join us in making”, “every app open source”
Camera: Static
23 · CTA · 1:15–1:18
Over a dimmed, locked-off view of Raphael's School of Athens, orange marker-style handwriting is drawn on. The URL everyapp.com appears first with a hand-drawn underline, followed by the tagline make every app open source beneath it.
On-screen text: “everyapp.com”, “make every app open source”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static







