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Kairox Systems - Kairox Systems (YC F26) is building autonomous drones that fly and sw
Kairox Systems · Nov 2026 · 0:57 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 0:57
- Scenes
- 21 · 2.7 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:00
- Features shown
- 1
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 00:57:01
Kairox Systems’s 0:57 launch film runs 21 scenes, about 2.7 s each. The product is on screen from the first frame and 1 feature is revealed, with social proof. There is no explicit call to action; a voiceover carries the film. Cuts between founder interviews on a carrier deck and 3D renders of the drone in flight and underwater, punctuated by oversized bold headline cards. Brisk pacing at about 19 cuts per minute, alternating talking-head beats with cinematic fly-throughs and propeller close-ups.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 11 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 9 3D passages — build or supply
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Kairox Systems - Kairox Systems (YC F26) is building autonomous drones that fly and sw, scene by scene
· 21 scenes as text
01 · Product intro · 0:00–0:00
A white KAIROX wordmark and emblem hold over a calm, sunlit ocean at dusk. The lockup drops out and a dark faceted aircraft rises from the water, flinging a spray of droplets toward the lens.
On-screen text: “KAIROX”
Techniques: Particles
Camera: Static
02 · Product intro · 0:00–0:01
A twin-rotor drone fills the frame in a soft close-up, then the shot widens as it flies left to right across a dusk sky, trailing a spray of water droplets below.
Camera: Static
03 · Product intro · 0:01–0:04
Three men on an aircraft carrier deck, a Navy jet and island behind them; the right man holds a black winged drone. The center man gestures while speaking. Large black words AUTONOMOUS DRONES enter at top, then exit as the bottom caption switches to that fly and swim.
On-screen text: “Kairox Systems builds autonomous drones”, “AUTONOMOUS”, “DRONES”, “that fly and swim.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Feature reveal · 0:04–0:06
A 3D hybrid aircraft with two spinning propellers flies low over a glittering ocean, then cuts to a dark underwater shot where a small boat moves at the surface amid rising bubbles. White captions build line by line at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Hybrid platforms are”, “the next evolution”, “that fly and swim.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
05 · Feature reveal · 0:06–0:09
An underwater camera holds on a dark wing and propeller of a hybrid drone in deep blue water, while a column of bubbles drifts from the left. White captions sit centered at the bottom, replacing each other.
On-screen text: “the next evolution”, “of unmanned systems.”, “Our team”
Camera: Push in
06 · Feature reveal · 0:09–0:12
Three men stand on a sunlit carrier deck with parked jets and the ship's island behind them. The center man speaks and gestures; the man on the right holds up a black drone wing. A large black 'TEMPEST' headline sits above them, white captions at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Our team”, “of MIT engineers is building Tempest,”, “TEMPEST”, “the most advanced hybrid drone”
Camera: Static
07 · Feature reveal · 0:12–0:14
A dark hangar holds a gray hybrid drone. A close-up on the wing-tip propeller orbits slightly, then cuts to a low wide shot of the full airframe on the wet floor under three vertical light strips. White captions read across the bottom as the drone sits still.
On-screen text: “TEMPEST”, “the most advanced hybrid drone”, “on the planet.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:14–0:15
A dark fixed-wing drone with twin rotors sits centered on a reflective floor in a dim hangar, backlit by four tall vertical light strips. The camera slowly pushes in toward the nose as a white caption fades in at the bottom center.
On-screen text: “Current unmanned warfare”, “takes place above”
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:15–0:17
A dark metallic propeller rotates slowly in a black void, its curved blades and central hub catching faint light. The object turns to reveal its side profile.
On-screen text: “takes place above”, “and below the waterline.”
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:17–0:21
A presenter in a black tee stands on a concrete pier before a gray aircraft carrier, gesturing as he speaks. Large white headline words appear on the right, ENGINEERED FOR then HYBRID TERRAINS, while captions at the bottom list Hormuz, the Black Sea, the South China Sea.
On-screen text: “and below the waterline.”, “ENGINEERED”, “FOR”, “Hormuz, the Black Sea,”, “HYBRID TERRAINS”, “the South China Sea.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:21–0:24
A 3D propeller aircraft banks over a sunlit ocean, camera locked behind the fuselage looking out over the spinning wings. White subtitle captions fade in line by line along the bottom while the horizon tilts and the sun glints off the wing.
On-screen text: “Every theater needs”, “a vehicle to watch the coast,”, “another to hunt mines, and another”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Light sweep
Camera: Pull out
12 · Problem · 0:24–0:25
Underwater shot looking up at the surface: a dark ship silhouette spans the top while sunbeams cut through blue water and two small aircraft silhouettes drift across the mid-frame. A white caption sits centered at the bottom.
On-screen text: “another to hunt mines, and another”, “to engage maritime threats.”
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:25–0:29
A locked-off aerial shot from a plane wing, two blurred propellers spinning, looks out over a sunlit ocean with hazy mountains on the horizon. White captions swap in the lower center, one line at a time, matching the voiceover.
On-screen text: “to engage maritime threats.”, “That's three platforms,”, “three supply chains,”, “and three deployments.”
Camera: Push in
14 · Problem · 0:29–0:34
A man in a black t-shirt and tan pants stands on a concrete pier, gesturing as he speaks, with a gray aircraft carrier moored on the water behind him. The locked-off medium shot holds steady while white subtitles cycle at the bottom.
On-screen text: “and three deployments.”, “We've talked to dozens of operators,”, “and the message is clear.”, “Warfighters want it to be one.”
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:34–0:37
A man sits on a carrier flight deck before a parked fighter jet, gesturing as he speaks; a small black winged drone stands beside him. It cuts to a close-up of the drone in flight against blue sky, the jet blurred behind.
On-screen text: “Weeks after our first investment,”, “Tempest was in the air.”, “Now we're taking it into the field”
Camera: Static
16 · Demo · 0:37–0:39
A dark grey aircraft wing with a spinning propeller glides low over calm blue water under a clear sky, the camera tracking along the fuselage from the side. A white caption sits centered at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “Now we're taking it into the field”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
17 · Demo · 0:39–0:40
A 3D render shows the dark wing and a spinning turboprop of an aircraft flying low over a calm sea, a thin coastline on the horizon. The camera is locked off as the propeller blurs and the plane drifts forward, with a white caption fixed at the bottom.
On-screen text: “on our way to operational deployment.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
18 · Demo · 0:40–0:44
A 3D render tracks the wing of a propeller plane skimming over open desert, the propeller blurred and the ground rushing past. A centered white headline reads DEPLOYMENT BY 2027 while voiceover captions run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “on our way to operational deployment.”, “DEPLOYMENT BY”, “2027”, “We are pushing past what”, “unmanned systems can do today,”, “so the warfighter has more awareness”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
19 · Demo · 0:44–0:47
A man sits cross-legged on a carrier deck in front of a gray and blue fighter jet, gesturing with both hands as he speaks. The carrier island and radar stand to the right under a clear sky, while white subtitles run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “so the warfighter has more awareness”, “and flexibility than ever before.”
Camera: Static
20 · Social proof · 0:47–0:54
Three men stand on a rooftop helipad with the San Francisco skyline and bay behind them. The center man talks and gestures while the man on the right holds a black fixed-wing drone. White subtitles cycle at the bottom, then the shot cuts to a black KAIROX logo card.
On-screen text: “and flexibility than ever before.”, “We are Kairox,”, “and we joined Y Combinator”, “to build the future”, “of unmanned systems.”, “KAIROX”
Camera: Static
21 · Outro · 0:54–0:57
A white emblem and the word KAIROX hold centered on a black background, static throughout the clip.
On-screen text: “KAIROX”
Camera: Static