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Shepherd Robotics · Oct 2026 · 1:19 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
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A problem-to-solution launch film: a glitchy text-card hook names the AI-infrastructure wave, a halftone-dotted live-action montage states the worker shortage, then the product is introduced and shown working through a fast caption-driven demo, capped by founder credibility and a logo lockup. The style is defined by bold white sans-serif captions that build word by word over locked-off shots, punctuated by chromatic-glitch and halftone transitions, with a coral accent color and a cool blue-lit,
Footage neededEstimated needs: 1 official logo — reused across the film · 37 filmed passages — shoot, supply or replace · 5 3D passages — build or supply
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Shepherd Robotics, scene by scene
· 47 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:04
A white and black robotic arm plugs a blue cable into a server rack, then eases its gripper back. A second arm with an orange tip idles at left. Blurred racks and blue light fill the depth behind. The camera holds a locked-off close view.
On-screen text: “11”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pull out
02 · Hook · 0:04–0:06
On a black background, white bold text builds word by word in the center: 'There's' fades in, then 'a new wave' completes the line. The frame stays locked off with a soft glow on the letters.
On-screen text: “There's a new wave”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
03 · Hook · 0:06–0:06
A centered black phrase on a yellow highlight bar stays locked while a halftone field of gray text blurs, scrolls and comes into focus behind it.
On-screen text: “There's a new wave”, “AI Infrastructure B”
Camera: Static
04 · Hook · 0:06–0:07
White background framed by vertical pixel streaks. The serif headline “AI Infrastructure” sits sharp on a yellow highlight bar while the text lines above and below blur into vertical glitch streaks.
On-screen text: “AI Infrastructure”
Camera: Static
05 · Hook · 0:07–0:07
A high aerial view of a data center campus, white-roofed halls and parking lots stretching to green fields. In the lower left, bold white text builds up word by word to read “Transforming the Economy.”
On-screen text: “Transforming the Economy”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
06 · Hook · 0:07–0:08
A high aerial shot glides forward along the central walkway of a vast industrial complex under a clear blue sky. The white headline sits centered over the scene, flickering with a brief red-cyan chromatic glitch.
On-screen text: “Transforming the Economy”
Camera: Push in
07 · Problem · 0:08–0:09
A technician in red and black gloves slides a silver server unit into a dark rack aisle, the white title held centered over the metal top.
On-screen text: “Server Racks”
Camera: Pull out
08 · Problem · 0:09–0:10
Close-up of a technician's hands working on dark electrical switchgear with a tool, red cables and a yellow dial behind, covered by a halftone dot overlay. The centered caption swaps from ServerRacks to Electrical Switchgear.
On-screen text: “ServerRacks”, “Electrical Switchgear”
Camera: Push in
09 · Problem · 0:10–0:11
A close-up of hands handling red wire inside a dark electrical cabinet, covered by a blue halftone dot grid. The title 'Electrical Switchgear' holds centered in white bold type throughout the shot.
On-screen text: “Electrical Switchgear”
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:11–0:12
Tight close-up of vertical bundles of yellow cables held by black ties, with labeled green and blue connectors on the right. A white bold caption builds in the center, starting with “Miles” and completing to “Miles of Cables”.
On-screen text: “Electrical Switchgear”, “Miles of Cables”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pan
11 · Problem · 0:12–0:14
A factory floor with workers in grey jackets and safety glasses assembling units on a conveyor line, shot through a halftone dot overlay. Centered white text reads “Factory,” then completes to “Factory Assembly Lines.” as the line keeps moving.
On-screen text: “Factory”, “Factory Assembly Lines.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
12 · Problem · 0:14–0:15
A man in a dark polo and headphones walks down a sterile lab corridor away from the camera, past a monitor on a rolling stand, while white bold words appear centered over the frame.
On-screen text: “But There Aren't”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
13 · Problem · 0:15–0:16
High-angle locked-off shot of two workers in red gloves crouched among black server racks, as white caption phrases appear one after another in the center of the frame to match the voiceover.
On-screen text: “But There Aren't”, “Enough”, “Skilled Workers”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
14 · Problem · 0:16–0:17
Locked-off shot inside a black server rack: a hand enters from the right with a red-handled screwdriver and mounts a silver network switch. The white word Build fades in over the left side of the rack as the screwdriver turns.
On-screen text: “Skilled Workers”, “Build”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
15 · Problem · 0:17–0:17
Out-of-focus workshop footage with a halftone dot overlay. The white headline “Build & Maintain” holds center frame, then swaps to “It All.”, which scales in as the phrase completes.
On-screen text: “Build & Maintain”, “It All.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
16 · Problem · 0:17–0:18
The words “It All.” flash in at the center of a black frame, glitching with chromatic aberration while a horizontal light streak sweeps through them, then the shot fades to black.
On-screen text: “It All.”
Techniques: Kinetic type, Light sweep
Camera: Static
17 · Product intro · 0:18–0:19
A woman with round glasses and long dark hair, in a green shirt, speaks in a dim server room with blurred blue lights. On the right, large white sans-serif text reads That's Why We Created, each word fading in one after another.
On-screen text: “That's Why We Created”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
18 · Product intro · 0:19–0:21
Three people sit in a row against a dark blue server-room set lit by glowing strips, the center woman gesturing as she speaks. At the top, the orange rounded-square logo draws in beside the white Shepherd Robotics wordmark.
On-screen text: “That's”, “Why”, “We”, “Created”, “Shepherd Robotics”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
19 · Demo · 0:21–0:24
A white and gray industrial robot arm with orange grippers picks small parts from a tray on a table, set in a blurred warehouse aisle. A bold white headline builds word by word over the shot: We're Building Robots, then Skilled and Work.
On-screen text: “We're Building Robots”, “Skilled”, “Work”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
20 · Demo · 0:24–0:25
A robotic arm with an orange gripper lowers a thin black wire into a slot on a perforated aluminum frame, filmed in close-up on a locked-off camera. The white line “So Your Best Engineers” builds word by word across the frame, then “Work” joins it.
On-screen text: “So Your Best Engineers”, “Work”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
21 · Demo · 0:25–0:27
A worker in a white hard hat and green safety vest walks away down a data center aisle flanked by server racks, camera tracking from behind. Large white text 'Everywhere' fades in across the frame, then 'At Once.' appears below it.
On-screen text: “So Your Best Engineers”, “Everywhere”, “At Once.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Push in
22 · Demo · 0:27–0:28
A worker in a yellow safety vest holds a rugged tablet at chest height and taps its screen, with a white semi-truck and containers blurred behind. Large white text builds word by word across the frame, ending on Your Team.
On-screen text: “Once”, “At”, “Everwhere”, “Your Team”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
23 · Demo · 0:28–0:30
A worker in a red hard hat and yellow vest holds a tablet on a construction site, an orange building behind him. White text reads “Directs & Approves” then “The Work.” over the locked-off shot.
On-screen text: “Directs & Approves”, “The Work.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
24 · Demo · 0:30–0:32
Locked-off close-up of a black perforated panel with thin white wires and a small connector on a pale surface. Bold white text “Shepherd Handles” overlays the lower third, then swaps to “The Execution.” while the shot holds.
On-screen text: “Shepherd Handles”, “The Execution.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
25 · Demo · 0:32–0:34
Locked-off close-up of a robotic arm with an orange two-finger gripper lowering toward a tray of small modules on a conveyor. White text “Installing Components” holds on the left as the gripper aligns over the parts.
On-screen text: “Installing Components”
Camera: Static
26 · Demo · 0:34–0:35
A black robotic arm pushes two blue cable connectors into a dark rack panel on the right, set against a blurred blue background. The white caption Connecting Cables appears in the lower left as the arm finishes the plug.
On-screen text: “Connecting Cables”
Camera: Static
27 · Demo · 0:35–0:37
A white and black robot arm holds a part in a blue-tinted warehouse aisle, racks blurred behind. The white headline 'Assembling Products' sits left, the second line scaling in. A cut jumps to a second white arm with an orange gripper before a red frame.
On-screen text: “Assembling”, “Products”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Pull out
28 · Demo · 0:37–0:39
A white and black robotic arm with orange gripper tips and a forward camera module moves across a workbench, pausing over a grid-like object. White bold text 'Inspecting Equipment' holds static in the lower right corner.
On-screen text: “Inspecting Equipment”
Camera: Push in
29 · Demo · 0:39–0:41
A close-up of a white and black robotic arm with an open gripper moves slightly in a blurred industrial setting. White text reading 'Documenting The Process' sits on the left side of the frame.
On-screen text: “Documenting”, “The Process”
Camera: Push in
30 · Demo · 0:41–0:43
Two white robotic arms with orange grippers work over an electronic assembly on a table in a long, blurred factory aisle. The locked-off shot carries bold white text on the left reading “Completing Complex.”
On-screen text: “Documenting”, “The Process”, “Completing”, “Complex”
Camera: Static
31 · Demo · 0:43–0:44
A locked-off shot of two robotic arms with orange grippers over a white bench of circuit boards, background softly blurred. The center arm tilts and rotates as it handles a small part. A large white headline sits across the frame.
On-screen text: “Multi-step Tasks”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
32 · Demo · 0:44–0:47
A tight close-up of an orange robotic gripper lowering a small white part onto a gray slotted tray, background blurred. Large white captions swap across the frame, the final line scaling in.
On-screen text: “Multi-step”, “Tasks”, “Our Robots Learn”, “Complex Physical Skills”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
33 · Demo · 0:47–0:49
Close-up of a white circuit breaker on a metal rail, an orange tool pressing its red switch. White bold text scales in as Complex Physical Skills, then cuts to And Is Able To with a color-split glitch.
On-screen text: “Complex Physical Skills”, “And Is Able To”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
34 · Demo · 0:49–0:49
Rows of white cabinets line a data center aisle; a vertical scanner rig stands in the center as the camera pushes forward. The white headline “Adapt To Different” stays locked in the middle of the frame.
On-screen text: “Adapt To Different”
Camera: Static
35 · Demo · 0:49–0:50
A blue-lit data center aisle with server racks on both sides and a mobile robot arm in the center. Centered white text swaps from “Workflows” to “And environments.” over the locked-off shot.
On-screen text: “Adapt To Different”, “Workflows”, “And environments.”
Camera: Static
36 · Demo · 0:50–0:50
A robotic arm stands centered in a long, blue-lit data center aisle lined with server racks under a grid ceiling. The white caption holds in the middle of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “And Environments.”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
37 · Demo · 0:50–0:51
A blue-lit server room aisle, rows of racks on both sides and a central sensor rig, with a slow forward push. The white headline holds static in the center of the frame.
On-screen text: “And Environments.”
Camera: Static
38 · Social proof · 0:51–0:55
Three people sit in a blue-lit server corridor as a white caption fades in at center. Then three logos, a green W, a red wordmark and a white wordmark, appear one after another across the top.
On-screen text: “And Environments.”, “Comes From”, “cruise”, “DYNΛ”
Camera: Static
39 · Social proof · 0:55–0:58
A man with glasses and a gray t-shirt speaks to camera against a blurred blue-lit background. White bold captions “We Have Built” and “Self Driving Cars” fade in at the bottom in sequence, with a small white “cruse” wordmark glowing in at the lower left.
On-screen text: “We Have Built”, “Self Driving Cars”, “cruse”
Camera: Static
40 · Social proof · 0:58–1:01
A white robotic arm with an orange gripper lowers over a parts tray in a blurred warehouse while the title Robot Foundation Models fades in and out. It cuts to a close-up of the gripper above a metal rail, with Robots in the corner.
On-screen text: “Robot Foundation Models”, “And”, “Deployed”, “Robots”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
41 · Social proof · 1:01–1:04
Locked-off close-up of an orange robotic tool with a thin black wire working over a row of terminal blocks in a white electrical panel. White text “Robots Into Factories.” holds on the right, then cuts to centered lines “Today” and “We’re Working With.”
On-screen text: “Robots”, “Into”, “Factories.”, “Today”, “We're Working With”
Camera: Static
42 · Social proof · 1:04–1:08
A close-up of a black robotic arm with orange gripper jaws works over a tray of server components on a factory line. White bold captions appear line by line across the center, reading the voiceover, while the arm makes small precise movements.
On-screen text: “We're Working With”, “Hyperscalers & Manufacturers”, “To Automate”, “HardTo”, “Workflows.”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
43 · Social proof · 1:08–1:11
A woman with round glasses and a green shirt speaks to camera in a blue-lit server room, two colleagues at the frame edges. White caption phrases appear in sequence low in the frame, one scaling in.
On-screen text: “Workflows.”, “We're Giving”, “Skilled Teams”, “The Ability”, “To Do More”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static
44 · Social proof · 1:11–1:13
A man in a light blue shirt speaks to camera in a dark set, three blurred horizontal light bars glowing behind him. A white lower-third caption reads, then swaps to a new phrase, while the locked-off frame holds on his face.
On-screen text: “Helping Build”, “The Infrastructure”
Camera: Static
45 · Social proof · 1:13–1:14
A defocused dark shot of industrial machinery with orange brackets on either side holds a locked-off frame. The white headline appears centered over the blur and stays still.
On-screen text: “To Power What's Next.”
Camera: Pull out
46 · Outro · 1:14–1:15
A black printer mechanism grips a small orange block with a gray granular patch on its face. The assembly drifts slightly right against a dark, blue-lit frame, with blurred metal rails and screws in the background.
Camera: Pull out
47 · Outro · 1:15–1:19
A coral line-drawn logo forms at center on a dark field, the rounded square and inner mark drawing in. It then shrinks and slides left as the white wordmark Shepherd Robotics types in beside it, settling into a centered lockup.
On-screen text: “Shepherd Robotics”
Techniques: Kinetic type
Camera: Static