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Probe · Oct 2026
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Pierre Bouquet - So excited to share my YC launch! @plek_ai turns an employee census
Plek · Nov 2026 · 1:00 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:00
- Scenes
- 25 · 2.4 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:09
- Features shown
- 4
- Call to action
- 0:52 · 87%
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 01:00:16
Plek’s 1:00 launch film runs 25 scenes, about 2.4 s each. The product shows up at 0:09 and 4 features are revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 0:52 (87% in), over a voiceover. The video runs as a problem to proof relay: a live action boardroom shot shatters into a tiled mosaic for the pain act, then each feature appears as flat white panels that build left to right under a heavy caption that types the narration word by word. Signature moves to reuse are the mosaic grid, the word by word bottom captions, and data morphs (dot grids, bars, radial charts) that collapse into a single EBITDA figure.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 5 capture groups — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 8 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 2 graphic passages — draw or supply
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· 25 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:02
Two men sit across a conference table, the older in a white shirt gesturing while the younger in a green shirt lifts a glass and drinks. A whiteboard with a hand-drawn flowchart hangs behind them. The camera holds a static wide shot as white captions appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Would you walk us”, “through a typical”, “for you?”
Camera: Push in
02 · Hook · 0:02–0:04
A static medium shot of a boardroom: a man in a white shirt holds a pen while a man in a green shirt drinks from a glass. The cut widens to a letterboxed angle showing more of the table.
On-screen text: “for you?”
Camera: Pull out
03 · Problem · 0:04–0:06
A 3x3 grid of an office scene zooms out into a full-screen mosaic of the same footage, which darkens as the white headline “Org assessments” appears centered.
On-screen text: “Org assessments”
Camera: Pull out
04 · Problem · 0:06–0:09
A dark tiled wall of repeated office-worker clips stays still as centered white text swaps through three phrases: 'Org assessments still take', then 'months in Excel', then 'and cost $500,000+'. Each phrase is set at a different scale, the keyword filling most of the frame.
On-screen text: “Org assessments”, “still take”, “months”, “in Excel”, “and cost”, “$500,000+”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
05 · Problem · 0:09–0:09
A dim mosaic of small office clips fills the frame, each showing a worker in a white shirt at a desk. Large white text $500,000+ sits static in the center while the grid drifts slowly.
On-screen text: “$500,000+”
Camera: Static
06 · Product intro · 0:09–0:12
A man in a black sweater speaks to camera against a plain white backdrop, gesturing with his hands. A black name caption sits on the left while white subtitles at the bottom change from “With Plek,” to “months become” to “minutes.”
On-screen text: “$500,000+”, “Pierre Bouquet”, “Founder & CEO”, “With Plek,”, “months become”, “minutes.”
Camera: Static
07 · Feature reveal · 0:12–0:14
A light workspace-creation modal lists three steps, then a census_2026.csv file chip slides in from the right and the modal collapses. The Plek wordmark at the bottom morphs into the large caption “your employee” as the file chip settles beside it.
On-screen text: “your employee”, “minutes.”
Techniques: Morph, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
08 · Feature reveal · 0:14–0:15
A white table card on a pale gray background lists employee rows that fade in one by one from the top. Below it, the large dark headline 'your employee census' fades in as a static block.
On-screen text: “your employee census”
Camera: Static
09 · Feature reveal · 0:15–0:20
Three flat white panels build left to right on a light gray field: an Employee census table, a Jobs list, and an AP Specialist task bar chart with a cost box. Curved gray lines link the panels. A bold black caption cycles at the bottom.
On-screen text: “and maps”, “and maps every job”, “down to the”, “with its cost”, “and headcount.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
10 · Feature reveal · 0:20–0:21
A white chat card labeled AI interview sits centered on a light gray field, showing a question bubble addressed to Maria L.; a three-dot typing bubble pops in on the right as the card drifts slightly. Below, a heavy dark headline swaps from and headcount. to Where the.
On-screen text: “and headcount.”, “Where the”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Feature reveal · 0:21–0:22
A 2x2 grid of employee interview cards, each with an avatar, name, role and chat bubble, sits on a pale background. The grid scrolls upward as new chat bubbles fade in, while large black words at the bottom cycle through the narration.
On-screen text: “runs out,”, “Plec”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
12 · Feature reveal · 0:22–0:25
A grid of small white chat cards, each with a name and an interview question, fills the frame while a large bottom caption steps through 'Plek interviews', 'employees in', 'in parallel', 'to fill in the gaps.' It cuts to the Span dashboard with a bar chart and radial diagram.
On-screen text: “Plek interviews”, “employees in”, “in parallel”, “to fill in the gaps.”, “Span”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
13 · Feature reveal · 0:25–0:26
A light product dashboard titled Span displays four stat cards, a red-and-blue bar chart and a radial reporting graph, while a heavy black headline builds word by word along the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “Span and layers,”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
14 · Feature reveal · 0:26–0:27
A light product screen displays a radial org chart with multicolored branches. A cursor travels down the left sidebar, passing list items, while the bold dark caption “org structure,” slides up into view at the bottom center.
On-screen text: “org structure,”
Techniques: Cursor demo, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Feature reveal · 0:27–0:28
A light product dashboard fills the frame: a left nav with Compensation selected, two stat cards ($32M, 4.3%) above a pay table with High, Avg and Low columns. A cursor drifts across a row while the caption compensation sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “compensation”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Static
16 · Feature reveal · 0:28–0:29
A dashboard view switches from Compensation to AI as a vertical panel wipes across the screen, revealing an opportunity bar chart and a function list. A cursor clicks the AI item in the left sidebar while the tagline and AI savings sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “and AI savings.”
Techniques: Masking, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
17 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:30
A light-gray data view shows a top-left block with the label Annual EBITDA levers, a large $30.0M figure, and three blue bars tagged with values. The bars' fills shift as a bold caption at the bottom types out word by word, while a cursor rests in the lower right.
On-screen text: “and AI”, “Every number”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
18 · Feature reveal · 0:30–0:32
A white dashboard shows a $30.0M EBITDA bar chart; a cursor hovers the Artificial intelligence segment. A breakdown list fills in row by row (lever, function, role, task) while a black caption builds word by word at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Every number traces back to the individual role.”
Techniques: Cursor demo, Kinetic type
Camera: Static
19 · Feature reveal · 0:32–0:35
A man in a dark sweater stands centered against a plain white backdrop, speaking to camera and gesturing with both hands. White captions appear in sequence across his chest, scaling in with the speech. Locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “So you can”, “on EBITDA”, “from day one.”
Camera: Static
20 · Social proof · 0:35–0:38
A grid of small gray dots with a few blue ones sits under a large 3,600 employees counter on a white background. The dots gradually turn blue, then the grid morphs into an Employee census table. A bold bottom caption reads On a 3,600-person, then company,.
On-screen text: “3,600”, “employees”, “On a 3,600-person”, “company,”, “from day one.”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Static
21 · Social proof · 0:38–0:39
A white employee table scrolls upward, rows of IDs, titles and pay moving past. Below the table, the words Plek identified slide up into view in large black type.
On-screen text: “Plek identified”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
22 · Social proof · 0:39–0:40
A white employee-census table card fades out on a light background, leaving a large black $30M. figure centered. A bold caption builds word by word along the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “$30M.”, “Plec identified”, “$30 million”, “in a $30 million”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
23 · Social proof · 0:40–0:46
A light background holds the headline $30M. Six weeks sooner. at top. A Plek row shows a blue Done, 10,000x faster tick at once, while the Top PE advisory gray bar fills slowly across a Day 1 to Week 6 timeline. A bold bottom caption cycles through short phrases.
On-screen text: “$30M. Six weeks sooner.”, “in annual EBITDA”, “Plek”, “Top PE advisory”, “Day 1”, “Week 6”, “levers in minutes.”, “Done – 10,000× faster”, “a top private equity advisory”, “validated, over six weeks.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
24 · Other · 0:46–0:52
A man in a dark sweater stands right of frame against a white backdrop, talking and gesturing. On the left, headline lines fade in one after another, alternating black and blue, building two short blocks of copy.
On-screen text: “Now you know”, “what everyone does.”, “Every deal.”, “Every portco.”, “From day one.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
25 · CTA · 0:52–1:00
Locked-off white frame. The plek mark assembles from black and blue bars at center, the wordmark appears to its right, and a gray tagline fades in below. Three small credit blocks fade in along the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “The AI company brain for value creation.”, “Pierre Bouquet”, “Founder & CEO - MIT PhD”, “Built by MIT researchers,”, “HFT engineers and AI researchers”, “Backed by Y Combinator”, “SOC 2 - GDPR”
Camera: Static