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Sentient OS YC Launch
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Sentient launch
Sentient OS · Nov 2026 · 1:07 · AI-annotated
- Length
- 1:07
- Scenes
- 26 · 2.6 s avg
- Product on screen
- 0:07
- Features shown
- 2
- Call to action
- 0:55 · 83%
- Voiceover
- Yes
00:00:00 / 01:07:03
Sentient OS’s 1:07 launch film runs 26 scenes, about 2.6 s each. The product shows up at 0:07 and 2 features are revealed, with social proof. The call to action lands at 0:55 (83% in), over a voiceover. Live-action interview clips shot in sunny outdoor settings are intercut with floating frosted-glass UI cards and black 3D graphics, all stitched together by fast whip pans and a recurring park motif that bookends the demos. Captions punch in word by word with a sliding yellow highlight box, keeping the pace brisk at about eight cuts per minute.
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 capture group — your screens or recordings · 1 official logo — reused across the film · 21 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 1 graphic passage — draw or supply · 2 3D passages — build or supply
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· 26 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:05
In a sunny park with palm trees, a man in an olive sweater throws an orange frisbee as a man in a white T-shirt sprints to the camera with a microphone. The shot tightens on his face while caption phrases pop in at the bottom, keywords in yellow boxes.
On-screen text: “IMAGINE BEING ABLE”, “TO TOUCH GRASS INSTEAD”, “OF REPLYING TO”, “15 EMAILS EVERY MORNING.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
02 · Hook · 0:05–0:06
A curly-haired man in a white t-shirt holds a microphone and talks to the camera in a sunny park, palm trees behind him, a second man walking past in the background. The handheld shot ends in a fast whip pan that blurs the frame.
On-screen text: “15 EMAILS EVERY MORNING.”
Camera: Pan
03 · Hook · 0:06–0:07
A low ground-level shot tracks across green grass as two people in cream trousers and white shoes walk past, one holding an orange disc at their side. The camera pans quickly, blurring the grass until the frame is empty.
Camera: Push in
04 · Feature reveal · 0:07–0:09
A grass close-up holding a white card widens to a park with people on a hill, then an email reply window scales in as a floating 3D card with a colored border. A hand taps at the left edge and a caption pops in below.
On-screen text: “IT'S ALMOST MAGICAL”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Push in
05 · Feature reveal · 0:09–0:13
A 3D email mockup floats over a grassy park as a reply types itself out and a highlighted caption cycles phrases at the bottom. A finger then taps a white CMD key in the grass, releasing a rainbow light burst.
On-screen text: “IT'S ALMOST MAGICAL”, “FOR YOUR REPLIES”, “2 TAPS AWAY.”
Techniques: 3D mockup, Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
06 · Feature reveal · 0:13–0:14
Low-angle shot through grass: a hand holds a small white keyboard with a CMD key on a sunny park lawn. A dark chat panel with an orange glowing border slides in from the top, showing a message from Ben and an empty message field.
Camera: Static
07 · Feature reveal · 0:14–0:17
A dark chat card floats over a grassy park with a macro CMD key. A gradient loading spinner spins in the empty composer, then a reply types out line by line with a green send button, and the card blurs out.
Camera: Push in
08 · Feature reveal · 0:17–0:20
A man in a white t-shirt holds a small microphone on a beach, the Golden Gate Bridge hazy behind him. The shot opens blurred and sharpens as he talks to camera. White captions with a yellow highlight cycle along the bottom.
On-screen text: “SENTIENT'S ON-DEVICE LLM SPENDS”, “AND THEY DO”, “UNDERSTANDING YOUR LIFE.”
Camera: Pull out
09 · Feature reveal · 0:20–0:25
A curly-haired young man in a white t-shirt stands on a beach holding a small microphone, talking to an off-screen interviewer against a hazy sea and coastline. White subtitle captions with yellow-highlighted words appear at the bottom, synced to his speech, while the locked-off shot holds on his profile.
On-screen text: “UNDERSTANDING YOUR LIFE.”, “THAT'S HOW DOUBLE TAP”, “RESPONDS JUST LIKE YOU.”, “AND THIS POWERS”, “OUR NEXT MAGICAL EXPERIENCE.”
Camera: Push in
10 · Feature reveal · 0:25–0:26
A hazy beach at dawn with the Bay Bridge spanning the water behind it. People stroll along the pebbled shore, some carrying pink and purple kitesurfing kites. Large white serif text reading 'meet sidekick' holds steady across the top of the frame.
On-screen text: “meet sidekick”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
11 · Feature reveal · 0:26–0:28
A young man in a white tee stands on a sunny beach, holding a small white pill-shaped device and gesturing to camera. A yellow-and-white caption builds word by word along the bottom, then a dark rounded notch bar drops in from the top edge.
On-screen text: “meet sidekick”, “JUST CLICK YOUR”, “NOTCH ANYTIME AND”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
12 · Feature reveal · 0:28–0:29
A young man in a white tee walks across a sunlit beach holding a phone, while a dark notch bar hovers at the top of the frame. Big white caption words with yellow highlight boxes cycle across the bottom in sync with the voiceover.
On-screen text: “NOTCH ANYTIME AND SAY FINISH”, “THIS FINISH.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
13 · Feature reveal · 0:29–0:32
A man stands on a beach holding a water bottle as a frosted glass panel on the left fills with a Luma event form. A labeled mouse cursor moves across the form, and bold caption text with yellow highlights appears at the bottom.
On-screen text: “SIDEKICK FOR ME.”, “WITH ITS OWN MOUSE CURSOR.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Cursor demo
Camera: Static
14 · Feature reveal · 0:32–0:35
A man on a beach holds a microphone beside a floating “Your Info” form. A cursor moves between the fields as they fill with the name, company and email, a small “Sidekick” tag trailing it. Bottom captions swap phrase by phrase.
On-screen text: “WITH ITS OWN MICROPHONE.”, “KNOWS YOUR ENTIRE LIFE,”, “YOU CAN HAND OFF”, “YOUR WORK IN AN INSTANT.”
Techniques: Cursor demo
Camera: Push in
15 · Feature reveal · 0:35–0:36
A young man talks to camera on a sunny beach while a frosted registration form on the left fades out and a You're Registered! badge pops in; a browser bar at top flips to a checked done state.
On-screen text: “IN AN INSTANT.”
Camera: Pull out
16 · Social proof · 0:36–0:43
A bespectacled young man in an olive sweater stands before classical columns, holding a small dark device with a speckled top. Reddit-style comment cards scroll across the top while white company logos drift behind him. Bold captions with yellow highlights punch in at the bottom as he speaks.
On-screen text: “WE JUST LAUNCHED AND OVER”, “6,000 USERS ALREADY LOVE US,”, “COMPANIES SUCH AS NEBIUS,”, “AND BREVO.”, “You're Registered!”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Parallax
Camera: Static
17 · Social proof · 0:43–0:45
A man with glasses and a brown jacket talks to camera in a tight selfie vlog shot, set in a rounded card over a blurred backdrop. A laptop screen behind him displays the line Make something people want. A caption reads WE JUST HIT 10K at the bottom.
On-screen text: “WE JUST HIT 10K”
Camera: Push in
18 · Social proof · 0:45–0:46
A bespectacled man in a brown jacket talks to camera in a room, a monitor behind him showing the words “Make something people want.” The frame sits in a rounded card over a blurred backdrop, with yellow-highlighted captions at the bottom.
On-screen text: “AND WE HAVE ADOBE”, “ON THE LIST NOW.”
Camera: Push in
19 · Social proof · 0:46–0:51
A white wireframe funnel spirals into a glowing rainbow orb on black as name cards for Conductor, Pioneer, A16Z Capital and a16z speedrun Scout Fund tilt and fall into the vortex. The camera pushes in through the tunnel while a bottom caption builds the sentence word by word behind a sliding yellow highlight box.
On-screen text: “WE'RE BACKED BY YC,”, “PIONEER,”, “AND A16Z”, “SPEEDRUN SCOUT FUND,”
Techniques: Kinetic type, 3D mockup, Parallax, Particles
Camera: Static
20 · Social proof · 0:51–0:53
A wobbling orange-blue gradient blob floats on black while the headline builds line by line, the phrase ON-DEVICE set in a lime box. The blob then expands over a live-action shot of a woman standing in a sunlit plaza.
On-screen text: “TO PUSH”, “THE FRONTIER”, “OF ON-DEVICE INFERENCE”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
21 · Social proof · 0:53–0:55
A young man in a white t-shirt stands before an ornate stone building, holding a small microphone and gesturing as he speaks. A bold caption sits at the bottom, a yellow highlight box sliding across the words so the earlier text reads white and the later text black.
On-screen text: “MAGICAL NEW EXPERIENCES.”
Camera: Pull out
22 · CTA · 0:55–1:00
A man in an olive sweater and glasses holds a small mic and speaks to camera before a beige stone wall. Captions swap at the bottom with yellow highlights, and a monospace code badge pops in at left. The shot ends in a pixel-mosaic dissolve.
On-screen text: “MAGICAL NEW EXPERIENCES.”, “SINCE YOU STAYED SO LONG,”, “WE HAVE A”, “LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU.”, “ENTER THIS CODE IN”, “WATCHED_FULL_VID”, “GET SOMETHING SPECIAL.”
Camera: Push in
23 · Outro · 1:00–1:01
A man in a green long-sleeve shirt and sunglasses stands in profile on a sunny park lawn, arm extended holding an orange frisbee. The camera whip-pans right, smearing the palm trees and strolling people into a horizontal blur.
Camera: Pull out
24 · Outro · 1:01–1:03
A fast whip pan sweeps across a sunny palm-lined park, catching a smiling young man in a white t-shirt with a red logo and a clipped microphone as he moves past the frame, then continues to a grassy hill where people sit on blankets.
Camera: Push in
25 · Outro · 1:03–1:04
A fast handheld pan sweeps across a grassy lawn lined with palm trees toward a white building and hedge. A man in a green shirt and beige pants, wearing a backpack, enters from the left and walks across the frame as the camera tracks him.
Camera: Pan
26 · Outro · 1:04–1:07
A black frame holds, then a circular logo mark with a glowing gradient ring and a white center dot appears at center with the white wordmark Sentient OS beside it; the lockup stays static for the rest of the clip.
On-screen text: “Sentient OS”
Camera: Static