Reason Machines (YC F26) - The modern IDE is Bots that can Code Introducing: Reason A state-of
Reason Machines · Oct 2026 · 0:25 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 0:25
- Scenes
- 14 · 1.8 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:05
- Features shown
- 3
- Call to action
- 0:22 · 86%
- Voiceover
- Yes
Reason Machines’s 0:25 launch film runs 14 scenes, about 1.8 s each. The product shows up at 0:05 and 3 features are revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 0:22 (86% in), over a voiceover. The video opens on a word-by-word 'What if ... could code?' question that cycles through model names, then reveals the product and moves through a rapid run of one-line feature titles, each demoed inside a two-panel UI mockup. It closes with a benchmark chart, a 3D-tilted surface montage and a static hexagon-and-URL end card, all cut to a ~129 bpm pulse with crossfading headlines and a recurring hexagon mark.
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Reason Machines (YC F26) - The modern IDE is Bots that can Code Introducing: Reason A state-of, scene by scene
· 14 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:01
A flat white chat card with a small beige 3D avatar and a message field sits centered on a light gray background. Above it, the headline assembles word by word into “What if Muse,” and a blue message bubble pops into the thread on the right.
On-screen text: “What if Muse”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
02 · Hook · 0:01–0:04
A centered chat card on a light gray background cycles through four assistants. The headline above swaps from Muse to ChatGPT, Claude and Grok while the avatar, name, and message bubbles update with each change.
On-screen text: “What if Muse”, “What if ChatGPT”, “What if Claude”, “What if Grok”
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:04–0:05
A white chat card sits centered below the headline could code?. A black hexagon avatar labeled Reason and a right-aligned black bubble read Fix the double boost. A gray bubble on the left types I'll inspect the repo. above the input bar.
On-screen text: “could code?”
Camera: Static
04 · Product intro · 0:05–0:06
A dark hexagon icon sits centered on a light field while the top headline crossfades from “could code?” to “Meet Reason.”. The icon then expands into a three-column interface: an agent list on the left, a chat in the middle, and a details panel on the right.
On-screen text: “could code?”, “Meet Reason.”
Techniques: Morph
Camera: Push in
05 · Feature reveal · 0:06–0:09
A centered headline, its second word fading from gray to black, tops a two-panel interface. Left, a chat bubble types out a reply; right, a 3D space scene with planets and a rocket plays under the active Computer tab.
On-screen text: “Meet Reason.”
Camera: Push in
06 · Feature reveal · 0:09–0:12
A two-panel product UI on a pale gray background, with a static Diffs. headline above. The left chat column with message bubbles stays still while code lines appear one by one in the right diff panel, alternating red and green highlighted rows.
On-screen text: “Diffs.”
Camera: Static
07 · Feature reveal · 0:12–0:15
A flat UI mockup sits under the headline “With your team.” A chat bubble, “Let’s bring your team in,” pops into the left pane as the right pane crossfades from a space image to a teammate share dialog, then the whole panel dissolves into a cost-per-task chart.
On-screen text: “With your team.”, “The”
Camera: Static
08 · Social proof · 0:15–0:18
A white chart plots coding agents by score and cost under the headline “The state-of-the-art harness.” A dashed line draws through the darker points, a gold star with a Reason badge pops in at the top, then a blue metric and a bold black claim fade into the corners.
On-screen text: “The state-of-the-art harness.”, “65.1 · $3.96 per task”, “The highest score under $13 a task.”
Camera: Static
09 · Demo · 0:18–0:19
A dark purple Slack window, tilted in 3D perspective, eases into the center of a white background. A black headline sits above it and the word Slack below, both static.
On-screen text: “Powering every surface already.”, “Slack”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
10 · Demo · 0:19–0:20
A 3D-tilted browser mockup rotates to face front, revealing a dashboard with an orange and blue bar chart beside a chat panel. The black headline “Powering every surface already.” holds at the top as the label “Web” settles in beneath.
On-screen text: “Powering every surface already.”, “Web”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
11 · Demo · 0:20–0:21
A white 3D stage holds a floating mockup that swaps from a dark terminal window to a desktop collaboration app. A black headline reads “Powering every surface already.” above, and a centered label below changes from “Terminal” to “Desktop” as the interface updates.
On-screen text: “Powering every surface already.”, “Terminal”, “Desktop”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
12 · Other · 0:21–0:22
A wall of hexagons in bright colors and grayscale, each stamped with a pause icon, breaks apart into scattered, shrinking cells on a white field.
On-screen text: “Fix checkout retries”, “Desktop”
Camera: Static
13 · CTA · 0:22–0:23
A black hexagon logo with two vertical bars sits left of the lowercase URL on a plain off-white field, held as a static sign-off.
On-screen text: “reasonmachines.com”
Camera: Static
14 · CTA · 0:23–0:25
A locked-off end card holds the black hexagonal mark, with two small vertical bars, and the URL reasonmachines.com centered on a plain off-white field, static for the full duration.
On-screen text: “reasonmachines.com”
Camera: Static





