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Hilbert - We’re announcing our Series A led by @a16z. Hilbert builds the infra
Hilbert · Apr 2026 · 1:29 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:29
- Scenes
- 34 · 2.6 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:00
- Features shown
- 2
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 01:29:13
Hilbert’s 1:29 launch film runs 34 scenes, about 2.6 s each. The product is on screen from the first frame and 2 features are revealed. There is no explicit call to action; a voiceover carries the film. The video alternates between locked-off founder interviews in a sunlit concrete loft and flat line-drawn diagrams on a dotted light-gray field, with the coral maze logo recurring as a connective device. Pacing is measured, with monospace captions tracking the narration word by word and diagrams that build in place rather than cutting.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 2 capture groups — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 8 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 18 graphic passages — draw or supply
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01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:01
Two women sit in black leather armchairs facing the camera in a concrete-walled room with large windows. One wears an orange top and cream trousers, the other an all-black outfit. A potted plant rests on a small table between them. The shot is static with a caption locked at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Growth is a system problem”
Camera: Static
02 · Product intro · 0:01–0:04
A tight close-up holds on a laptop lid with a black square sticker showing a white geometric maze logo above the word HILBERT. At 2.3s the shot cuts to hands typing on a laptop at a table, a coffee cup nearby. Subtitle captions change at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Growth is a system problem”, “and Hilbert is”, “actually the”, “first product”, “to treat it like one.”
Camera: Static
03 · Product intro · 0:04–0:05
Tight close-up of hands typing on a laptop, a second laptop and a paper coffee cup blurred behind. A yellow caption box at the bottom holds the line, the phrase scaling in to read 'to treat it like one.'
On-screen text: “HILBERT”, “first product”, “to treat it like one.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:05–0:06
A blurred close-up of hands typing on a laptop cuts to a light-gray field where a four-tier pyramid of outlined boxes builds from top to bottom, an orange arrow marking the top tier. A small orange caption sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “growth is actually a”, “THINKING LEVEL”, “COORDINATION LEVEL”, “OPTIMIZATION LEVEL”, “EXECUTION LEVEL”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:06–0:07
A stacked pyramid of four outlined bars, the top one orange and labeled THINKING LEVEL, sits on a grainy gray field with a cursor on it. The frame zooms into the orange bar, isolating it as one strip while the caption line changes.
On-screen text: “thinking level job, right?”, “you need to ask the”
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:07–0:12
A process diagram pans left on a light gray background: outlined rounded boxes on a line with orange-dotted nodes slide in from the right in sequence, THINKING LEVEL, QUESTIONS, HYPOTHESIS, TEST & LEARN. Small white captions in a dark pill run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “THINKING LEVEL”, “QUESTIONS”, “you need to ask the”, “right questions.”, “You need to do the”, “right hypothesis and”, “HYPOTHESIS”, “you need to test”, “TEST & LEARN”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
07 · Problem · 0:12–0:13
A dotted-grid diagram on a light background. Boxes labeled HYPOTHESIS and TEST & LEARN slide along a horizontal line, then an orange CAMPAIGN box and a RETENTION box appear, linked by a dotted line with a small orange marker. A caption pill at the bottom tracks the voiceover.
On-screen text: “and learn them”, “so fast.”, “Most companies chase growth by”
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:13–0:17
On a light gray dotted grid, two orange boxes labeled CAMPAIGN and RETENTION sit at either end of a dotted orange line. A small orange square with a black dot slides along the line from left to right, while a gray caption pill at the bottom cycles through the narration phrases.
On-screen text: “CAMPAIGN”, “RETENTION”, “Most companies chase growth by”, “optimizing one”, “lever at a time”, “a campaign here,”, “a retention fix there,”
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:17–0:19
On a light gray dotted grid, two orange label boxes reading CAMPAIGN and RETENTION sit side by side, joined by a dotted line. They snap to white and restack into a vertical list of three white boxes, ACQUISITION, RETENTION and MONETIZATION, while an orange cursor hovers at the right.
On-screen text: “CAMPAIGN”, “RETENTION”, “a retention fix there,”, “ACQUISITION”, “MONETIZATION”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
10 · Problem · 0:19–0:21
On a light dotted grid, three white boxes read ACQUISITION, RETENTION, MONETIZATION, staggered diagonally. A peach cursor arrow glides to the top box and fills it peach as the boxes drift right; a bottom caption swaps to “in isolation is why most”.
On-screen text: “ACQUISITION”, “RETENTION”, “MONETIZATION”, “Solving any one of them”, “in isolation is why most”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:21–0:23
On a light dotted grid, three outlined boxes read ACQUISITION, MONETIZATION and RETENTION around a central stack of cards with an orange cursor. Dark panels with orange warning triangles drop in under the side boxes as the bottom caption changes.
On-screen text: “ACQUISITION”, “MONETIZATION”, “RETENTION”, “in isolation is why most”, “most growth efforts stall.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
12 · Demo · 0:23–0:25
A tight cluster of orange dots sits at the center of a pale gray field, then scatters outward as the dots drift apart and spread across the frame. White captions on a dark rounded pill at the bottom carry the voiceover.
On-screen text: “most growth efforts stall.”, “We built the”, “infrastructure that”
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
13 · Demo · 0:25–0:27
On a pale gray field, six outlined labels with coral dots slide into a scattered mind-map layout as dashed coral lines draw inward. A dark rounded caption bar at the bottom cycles the voiceover phrase.
On-screen text: “infrastructure that”, “growth engine.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
14 · Demo · 0:27–0:29
A flat prompt box with a plus, Memory, and Web Search buttons rests on a gray background, an orange arrow cursor hovering at its edge. The frame pans right as the query types out, then settles on the answer panel with an orange send button.
On-screen text: “growth engine.”, “data science first growth engine”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Pan
15 · Demo · 0:29–0:30
A white dialog box on a light gray background types out body text line by line as a peach cursor hovers the orange send button. A bottom caption scales in, reading “that connects and” then “fixes fragmented growth”.
On-screen text: “that connects and”, “fixes fragmented growth”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
16 · Demo · 0:30–0:33
A tight close-up of the Ask Always interface shows a large cursor arrow pressing the coral up-arrow button. The view then settles on the square maze logo, which shifts from a black-to-coral gradient to solid black above the word THINKING, while orange captions roll in at the bottom.
On-screen text: “fixes fragmented growth”, “data, produces reliable”, “predictive signals using”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
17 · Demo · 0:33–0:37
A product chat UI on light gray. A THINKING panel with a maze logo and five-agent list expands left as the right prompt card and input bar blur. A dark caption chip cycles phrases, then an orange diagram with Deep Learning and Natural Language labels slides up.
On-screen text: “predictive signals using”, “deep learning and powers”, “agentic execution”, “via natural language.”, “Deep Learning”, “Natural Language”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
18 · Demo · 0:37–0:38
Two salmon panels hold dark square icons, a neural-network glyph and a globe, as the labels Deep Learning and Natural Language slide into place. Lines from both icons merge into a caption box reading via natural language. A prompt bubble stays top right while the Thinking panel fades.
On-screen text: “Deep Learning”, “Natural Language”, “via natural language.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
19 · Problem · 0:38–0:39
A light gray process timeline with boxed step labels and orange dot nodes pans left, the HYPOTHESIS label sliding out of frame while TEST & LEARN holds. A caption at the bottom swaps from I'm a mathematician and to worked in analytics for.
On-screen text: “HYPOTHESIS”, “TEST & LEARN”, “I'm a mathematician and”, “worked in analytics for”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
20 · Problem · 0:39–0:44
Close-up of a person's hands typing on a laptop at a white table, with coffee cups and a second worker blurred behind. The focus racks from the background to the typing hands while captions run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “HYPOTHESIS”, “TEST & LEARN”, “worked in analytics for”, “many years.”, “there's a really big”, “problem exists.”
Camera: Static
21 · Problem · 0:44–0:45
On a light gray canvas, a dashed selection box with corner handles frames a black line chart tagged with an orange GROWTH label. The chart swaps to a black geometric logo as dashed center guides appear, while caption pills below change from If you're to a CEO or a leader.
On-screen text: “GROWTH”, “If you're”, “a CEO or a leader”
Camera: Static
22 · Problem · 0:45–0:48
A black maze-like square logo sits centered on a light gray dotted grid, first inside a selection box. The box disappears, the logo shrinks as thin concentric circles with orange dots expand outward, and the caption below switches from a CEO or a leader to or a P&L owner.
On-screen text: “a CEO or a leader”, “or a P&L owner”
Camera: Pull out
23 · Problem · 0:48–0:49
A flat gray graphic shows a circular radar of concentric rings around a black dot. Dark squares with orange warning triangles drift along the rings as a SYSTEM tag slides near the right edge. A bottom caption swaps from that's what you want to your company to do.
On-screen text: “that's what you want”, “your company to do.”
Camera: Pull out
24 · Problem · 0:49–0:59
A square maze logo on a dotted gray field morphs through color states, then a line drops down and draws a tree diagram. Boxes labeled PRODUCT, FINANCE, MARKETING, MERCHANDISING, OPERATIONS type in, dots travel the lines, and the boxes fill orange in sequence.
On-screen text: “your company to do.”, “work towards the same goals”, “with the same”, “definitions that”, “you can actually”, “rely on”, “speak to the current”, “technologies,”, “we have to”, “the ability to”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Pull out
25 · Feature reveal · 0:59–1:01
Two women sit in black leather armchairs in a sunlit concrete loft, talking. The woman in the orange top gestures with both hands while the woman in black listens. A leafy plant on a small table sits between them. Subtitles appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “put company to the future”, “and not just”, “limit them to the”
Camera: Static
26 · Feature reveal · 1:01–1:02
A woman in an orange hoodie sits on a black couch in a concrete-walled room, gesturing with both hands as she speaks; a potted plant sits beside her. The shot cuts to a dark dotted grid where four maze icons with orange arrows point to team labels.
On-screen text: “limit them to the”, “technology”, “that's in the past.”, “PRODUCT TEAMS”, “CEO'S & EXECUTIVES”, “MARKETING TEAMS”, “FINANCE TEAMS”
Camera: Static
27 · Feature reveal · 1:02–1:04
A dotted gray canvas holds four square icons, each a black maze line with selection handles and an orange cursor arrow, tagged by orange labels reading PRODUCT TEAMS, CEO'S & EXECUTIVES, MARKETING TEAMS, FINANCE TEAMS. A bottom caption swaps from that's in the past. to unified growth.
On-screen text: “that's in the past.”, “unified growth”
Camera: Static
28 · Feature reveal · 1:04–1:08
On a light gray dot grid, a dark angular logo mark sits inside a selection box with orange corner handles, then scales up as the box vanishes and an orange gradient wipes across its right side. Gray pill captions at the bottom carry the voiceover.
On-screen text: “unified growth”, “infrastructure.”, “Beneath your business,”, “consolidating your data,”
Techniques: Masking
Camera: Push in
29 · Feature reveal · 1:08–1:13
Two people sit in black leather chairs in a concrete room with tall windows, a potted plant on a side table between them. The person on the right, in black, speaks and gestures while the one in orange listens, as white subtitles run along the bottom of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “and deploying a suite of”, “AI agents that”, “continuously”, “identify,”, “prioritize,”
Camera: Push in
30 · Feature reveal · 1:13–1:16
A person with curly hair and round glasses in a black sweatshirt sits in a chair before a concrete wall and window, speaking to an off-camera interviewer. The locked-off frame stays static while small white subtitles on a black bar swap at the bottom.
On-screen text: “and act on your highest”, “leverage growth”, “opportunities.”
Camera: Push in
31 · Feature reveal · 1:16–1:18
A dashboard interface showing a scatter plot and a list of detections shifts slightly to the right. A caption with an orange outline and dark fill appears at the bottom of the screen.
On-screen text: “any time you need to treat your user base and opportunities.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
32 · Feature reveal · 1:18–1:24
A light product screen shows a top nav with Userbase selected above a row of metric labels. A salmon highlight box steps across the labels from Revenue to Acquisitions while a dark caption pill at the bottom swaps its text.
On-screen text: “treat your user base and”, “set of Hilbert's labels”, “for you to use.”
Camera: Push in
33 · Feature reveal · 1:24–1:25
A gray chart placeholder with selection handles sits centered on a light background. A salmon GROWTH chip pops in at its top left, a large white HILBERT wordmark on a gray pill flashes over the chart, and a bottom caption reads We prepared this, then infrastructure for you.
On-screen text: “We prepared this”, “GROWTH”, “infrastructure for you.”, “HILBERT”
Camera: Static
34 · Outro · 1:25–1:29
The HILBERT wordmark, white type in a dark rounded bar, holds centered on a light gray field. A small caption “infrastructure for you.” sits below it at the start, then clears, leaving the logo alone for the hold.
On-screen text: “infrastructure for you.”
Camera: Static