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Lantern: Agentic Recruiting for the Future 🎃 (YC F26)
Lantern AI · Oct 2026 · 1:19 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
00:00:00 / 01:19:10
The video alternates live-action founder narration on the Golden Gate waterfront with pastel 3D UI cards, captions that build word by word, and a monospace terminal bar that types each claim. Signature moves include oversized sliding headlines, a red highlight on the active word, and the headset mascot orbiting app icons.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 2 capture groups — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 18 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 4 graphic passages — draw or supply · 4 3D passages — build or supply
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Lantern: Agentic Recruiting for the Future 🎃 (YC F26), scene by scene
· 31 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:00
A man in a black polo and white pants pushes open a glass door in a dim office, grinning as he steps through. A white bold headline sits in the top-left corner.
On-screen text: “TODAY, WE KILL”
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:00–0:04
Two men in black tops walk toward a locked-off camera across a sunlit concrete plaza. Oversized white words slide across the frame in sequence, then a small caption builds line by line in the top left, ending with a red underline under HIRE.
On-screen text: “TODAY, WE KILL”, “ODAY”, “WOr”, “SUCCE:”, “FACTORS”, “NOT THE SOFTWARE,”, “BUT THE WAY THEY”, “MAKE YOU HIRE.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Social proof · 0:04–0:06
A presenter in a black zip sweater and white pants stands on a viewpoint before the Golden Gate Bridge, gesturing as he speaks to camera. A white caption bar at the bottom fills in word by word, reading out his line.
On-screen text: “BUT THE WAY THEY”, “MAKE YOU HIRE.”, “Lantern has already”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
04 · Social proof · 0:06–0:10
A presenter stands before the Golden Gate Bridge while a scrolling list of candidate profiles fills the right side. A huge dark-blue counter climbs to 2,000,000+ as company logo cards stack on the left and a white caption banner builds the sentence at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Lantern has already”, “85,000+”, “2,000,000+”, “over two million processed”, “for companies”, “like Crypto.com, Hyatt and Eight Sleep.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
05 · Problem · 0:10–0:14
A man with round glasses in a black tee sits outdoors before ornamental grass and trees, speaking to camera in a locked-off medium shot. White subtitle lines appear at the bottom in sync with his words.
On-screen text: “Every client”, “talk to”, “has told”, “the same thing.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:14–0:16
A soft yellow-and-blue gradient fills the frame with small rounded app icons floating near the edges. The headline “Current hiring systems” builds word by word in the center as the icons drift slowly.
On-screen text: “Current hiring systems”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:16–0:17
A black title sits above a tilted white card that flattens as CV icons and a yellow note pop in, bumping the counters. Below, the caption 'only store CVs and notes.' appears word by word, CVs and notes in blue.
On-screen text: “Current hiring systems”, “only store CVs and notes.”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:17–0:18
A flat white card labeled HIRING SYSTEM holds three document icons and two yellow sticky notes on a soft yellow and blue gradient. A red warning pill reading 'It doesn't understand' floats above it, and a large headline scales in over the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “It doesn't understand”, “Current hiring systems”, “only store CVs and notes.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:18–0:20
A tilted white hiring-system card with document pages and yellow sticky notes sits under a red banner. Pill labels with icons slide in from the edges, while large text at the bottom types out word by word with blue underlines.
On-screen text: “It doesn't understand”, “the market, or who your company”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:20–0:20
A flat illustration centers on a white hiring-system card holding CV documents and yellow sticky notes, which morphs into a checklist of recruiter tasks. Pill-shaped labels with market signals drift around it, a red warning banner exits the top, and a large headline stays fixed along the bottom.
On-screen text: “It doesn't understand”, “Competitor is hiring”, “Talent moving to Austin”, “Team lost its tech lead”, “Market pay +12%”, “New product launch”, “Skills in demand: Rust”, “Budget for 3 hires”, “Opening a London office”, “the market, or who your company needs.”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:20–0:23
A task list on a pale gradient scrolls up as a cursor ticks boxes and strikes items through, while the headline 'Recruiters still have to do' types in word by word and a 'Tasks today' counter climbs. Below, 'a lot of the boring work.' appears with 'boring work' underlined blue.
On-screen text: “Recruiters still have to do”, “a lot of the boring work.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
12 · Product intro · 0:23–0:23
A cursor checks the first box on a floating task list under the headline about boring work, then the scene blurs into a pastel gradient where a chat prompt and a dark terminal bar begin typing a command.
On-screen text: “Recruiters still have to do”, “a lot of the boring work.”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
13 · Product intro · 0:23–0:24
A rounded prompt bar on a blurred blue-and-yellow gradient fades its placeholder as the request 'Hire a senior backend engineer in New York City' types in. A dark terminal strip below types a monospace line, and a cursor arrow rests on the red send button.
On-screen text: “Lantern is an agentic recruiting platfol”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
14 · Product intro · 0:24–0:26
A product UI card on a cream background shows a hiring prompt in an input field and a task list; a dark terminal bar below types out the caption letter by letter, then the card blurs and dissolves into an orbit of app icons around a central mascot.
On-screen text: “Lantern is an agentic recruiting platform”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Product intro · 0:26–0:27
A cartoon agent face wearing a headset sits in a glowing circle at the center, ringed by app icons drifting on thin lines over a pastel blue and yellow gradient. A black terminal bar at the bottom types the caption in white monospace.
On-screen text: “with a team of agents”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
16 · Product intro · 0:27–0:28
A row of frosted funnel cards in 3D perspective slides apart, inserting an Interview card and lighting up the Offer card with a green checkmark. A dark terminal bar below types out the narration.
On-screen text: “that take care of”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
17 · Product intro · 0:28–0:29
A bold dark sans headline “The entire workflow.” sits above five tilted 3D cards (Source, Review, Interview, Schedule, Offer) on a soft gradient. The word “workflow.” fades in while a dark terminal bar below types out white monospace text with a red cursor.
On-screen text: “The entire workflow.”, “> that take care of your entire hiring funnel.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
18 · Demo · 0:29–0:34
A man in a black fleece stands on a waterfront, gesturing to camera, while translucent product UI panels labeled with features slide left behind him. A bold white caption at the bottom builds word by word, a red box highlighting the active word.
On-screen text: “talent sourcing,”, “application review, AI interviews,”, “meeting intelligence,”, “complex scheduling,”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
19 · Demo · 0:34–0:36
A man in a dark sweater stands center frame before a water backdrop, gesturing as two feature UI panels slide left behind him; a bottom caption reads “and advanced analytics,” the last word boxed in red.
On-screen text: “and advanced analytics.”
Camera: Static
20 · Feature reveal · 0:36–0:40
A man in a black sweater stands on a pier with the Golden Gate Bridge behind him, speaking and gesturing to camera. White caption bars build word by word at the bottom while a large all-caps title appears centered over the shot.
On-screen text: “Lantern”, “Lantern runs on two models.”, “First, the world people model,”, “WORLD PEOPLE MODEL”, “where we index over a billion professionals”, “we index over”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
21 · Feature reveal · 0:40–0:42
A woman in a black jacket stands center frame before a blurred Golden Gate Bridge, a slowly drifting grid of company logos filling the background. A white caption bar at the bottom carries the line, with 'a billion' in red.
On-screen text: “where we index over a billion professionals”, “and track”
Techniques: Parallax
Camera: Static
22 · Feature reveal · 0:42–0:45
A man in a black sweater speaks to camera against a sunset bridge and water backdrop. A translucent career signals list scrolls up on the left while a white caption types out the line at the bottom.
On-screen text: “and track their real career signals live.”, “A model that knows”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
23 · Feature reveal · 0:45–0:45
A man in a black fleece gestures on a pier before the Golden Gate Bridge. A translucent career-signal list on the left fades out while a white caption below adds words one by one; a ringed icon graphic fades in on the right.
On-screen text: “A model that knows”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
24 · Feature reveal · 0:45–0:49
Locked-off medium shot of a presenter gesturing on a waterfront with the Golden Gate Bridge behind him. A ring of avatar circles and app icons orbits a headset icon at right, then morphs into a glowing subject-file card. Bold captions appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “A model that knows the talent”, “across companies”, “and knows who's truly exceptional.”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
25 · Feature reveal · 0:49–0:51
On a busy city plaza, a man in a black polo gestures while speaking as pedestrians walk past a glass building. A white lower-third caption reads 'Second, Lantern' then 'on your company's', and large white text 'YOUR COMPANY'S' appears across the frame.
On-screen text: “Second, Lantern”, “on your company's”, “YOUR COMPANY'S”
Camera: Static
26 · Feature reveal · 0:51–0:57
A man in a black sweater stands center frame on a busy street, gesturing as blurred pedestrians pass behind him. Tilted 3D interface cards (Company DNA, Hiring notes, Taste) float in on the right and stack, while white caption boxes cycle along the bottom.
On-screen text: “YOUR COMPANY'S HIRING MODEL”, “on your company's hiring model.”, “It maps your company's DNA,”, “your context, your hiring notes,”, “and also the”, “from your entire hiring history.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup
Camera: Static
27 · Feature reveal · 0:57–0:58
A man in a black sweater stands center frame in a blurred city plaza, speaking. On the right, a tilted 3D UI card rotates flat into a radial hiring-model diagram. A white caption box sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “from your entire hiring history.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
28 · Social proof · 0:58–1:04
A presenter in a black t-shirt stands on an outdoor apartment walkway, gesturing while talking. A rounded caption bar at the bottom fills in word by word, and two infographic cards pop in at right: a large 84% with Before/Lantern comparison bars, then All with twelve checkmarks filling in.
On-screen text: “from your entire hiring history.”, “DNA”, “That's why Lantern”, “84%”, “faster time to hire”, “Before”, “Lantern”, “84% faster time to hire,”, “and all of our customers”, “All of our customers reported better quality of hires”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
29 · Other · 1:04–1:15
Two men stand on a rooftop terrace at sunset, one leaning on the railing, the other with hands in pockets, against a hazy city skyline. A white caption box at the bottom fills word by word as the speaker talks, while the camera slowly pans right.
On-screen text: “For decades, recruiting was treated as a back-office function, not the driving force of the business. But when every company has access to the same frontier, to”, “the only advantage that you have is your people.”
Camera: Push in
30 · Other · 1:15–1:17
Two men stand at a rooftop railing against a hazy sunset skyline. The man on the left talks and gestures while the other stands with hands in pockets. A centered white caption is overlaid across the frame.
On-screen text: “Hiring is the last moat”
Camera: Static
31 · CTA · 1:17–1:19
Two blurred figures stand at a sunset railing as the backdrop slowly darkens. Centered over them, the Lantern logo, Y Combinator badge, tagline and URL hold still in a locked-off sign-off.
On-screen text: “Backed by Y Combinator”, “Build your hiring moat”, “lantern.md”
Camera: Static