reMarkable · Hardware · Mar 2023
Introducing Letterpress-1: the coding agent for growth engineering
The Letter Company · Nov 2026 · 2:13 · AI-annotated · YC Fall 2026
The video interleaves a locked-off talking-head presenter in a bright interior with surreal aerial set pieces, a desk on a mirror lake and white cards laid in geometric formations on sand and water, that visualize the product's abstract concepts. Pacing is slow and minimal, with the top-down card formations and the water reflections as the signature moves.
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Introducing Letterpress-1: the coding agent for growth engineering, scene by scene
· 40 scenes as text
01 · Hook · 0:00–0:11
Four people in black work on laptops at a desk set in a still lake, mountains on the horizon, the whole scene mirrored in the water. The locked-off wide shot holds while white subtitle lines appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “For the last three centuries”, “growth was a marketing problem.”, “Now, it's re-emerging as an engineering problem.”
Camera: Push in
02 · Hook · 0:11–0:13
A man in a gray suit sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking trees and water. He gestures with both hands while speaking, framed in a static medium shot. White subtitles appear at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “Now, it's re-emerging as an engineering problem.”, “But perhaps not in the way you'd think.”
Camera: Static
03 · Problem · 0:13–0:15
A lone figure in dark clothing walks across a glassy, shallow lake, trailing ripples behind, with a dark mountain range on the horizon under a pale sky. Wide aerial framing, slow and calm pace.
On-screen text: “But perhaps not in the way you'd think.”
Camera: Static
04 · Problem · 0:15–0:18
A man in a gray suit and white shirt sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows, a soft-focus garden and hills behind him. He speaks to camera with small head movements while a white caption line holds at the bottom of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Product decisions are increasingly being made by machines.”
Camera: Static
05 · Problem · 0:18–0:20
A man in a gray blazer and white shirt faces the camera in a medium close-up, seated before a window with blurred greenery. He speaks with subtle head movement while a white subtitle holds at the bottom. The frame stays locked-off at a calm pace.
On-screen text: “To win over machines, you have to think like them.”
Camera: Static
06 · Problem · 0:20–0:22
Top-down, locked-off shot of four people sitting around a wooden table with laptops, lit by a warm central lamp on a dark floor.
On-screen text: “Unlike humans, machines are diligent.”
Camera: Static
07 · Problem · 0:22–0:22
Top-down locked-off shot of white square tiles laid in a circle on coarse sand, a few carrying small green, dark and blue logos. A white caption sits centered at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “Unlike humans, machines are diligent.”
Camera: Static
08 · Problem · 0:22–0:23
Top-down drone view of white square panels laid in concentric rings across desert sand. Two people in dark clothing walk through the circles as the whole pattern rotates slowly. A white caption sits at the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “Unlike humans, machines are diligent.”
Camera: Static
09 · Problem · 0:23–0:30
A man in a gray suit sits before floor-to-ceiling windows, speaking to camera in a locked-off medium shot while subtitles change with his words. The scene cuts to a wide dusk shot of four people working on laptops at a table on a still lakeshore.
On-screen text: “Unlike humans, machines are diligent.”, “They are truth-seeking”, “and want to build conviction before recommending products.”, “Old-school tactics like blog posts”, “would work on humans.”
Camera: Static
10 · Problem · 0:30–0:32
A wide locked-off shot at dusk shows four people around a table on a wet, mirror-like shore, one standing and three seated with laptops, a small yellow lamp on the table. White subtitles read across the bottom as the group talks.
On-screen text: “would work on humans.”, “But machines want deep context”
Camera: Static
11 · Problem · 0:32–0:33
A man in a gray suit speaks to camera in front of a sunlit window, a white caption locked at the bottom. The shot cuts to a 3D perspective of dozens of white cards hovering over a cracked concrete surface.
On-screen text: “But machines want deep context”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Static
12 · Problem · 0:33–0:35
High aerial view of a figure in dark clothing standing at the center of a radial pattern of white rectangular panels laid on sand, arranged in concentric rings. The camera drifts slowly outward. A white caption sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “But machines want deep context”, “and evidence.”
Camera: Static
13 · Product intro · 0:35–0:45
A man in a gray blazer and white shirt stands before a window, speaking to camera and gesturing. At 5s a blue geometric logo and the white serif title LETTERPRESS-1 appear over his chest, with a sans-serif caption line beneath.
On-screen text: “This requires a radically different approach.”, “Today, we're releasing Letterpress-1,”, “LETTERPRESS-1”, “a new type of coding agent, harness, and IDE”
Camera: Static
14 · Product intro · 0:45–0:47
A man in a light gray suit and open white shirt stands centered before a window with soft blurred greenery, speaking to camera while a white subtitle runs along the bottom. The frame is locked off and static.
On-screen text: “LETTERPRESS-1”, “a new type of coding agent, harness, and IDE”, “purpose-built for growth engineering.”
Camera: Static
15 · Demo · 0:47–0:52
Top-down aerial shot frames a white square panel with a blue and black geometric logo on rippled sand, the camera slowly pushing in. It cuts to a man in a beige blazer speaking to camera in a bright interior. White subtitles run along the bottom.
On-screen text: “After installation, it'll measure and flag any issues”, “regarding your build's agent conviction,”
Camera: Pan
16 · Demo · 0:52–0:54
A man in a gray suit and open-collar white shirt sits centered before a large window, blurred trees and hills behind him. He looks down, then up at the camera as he speaks. White captions read his words at the bottom of the locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “regarding your build's agent conviction,”, “SEO,”
Camera: Static
17 · Demo · 0:54–0:57
Four people around a wooden table on a beach, a man in a black coat leans over a laptop gesturing as the others watch the screen. Yellow and red desk lamps and small colored blocks sit on the table while subtitles appear at the bottom.
On-screen text: “SEO,”, “GEO,”, “and inbound conversion.”
Camera: Static
18 · Demo · 0:57–1:00
A man in a gray suit and white shirt sits before floor-to-ceiling windows with blurred trees and mountains behind him. He speaks to camera in a locked-off medium shot while white subtitle lines swap in at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “and inbound conversion.”, “Using a mixture of frontier models”, “and fine-tuned small models,”
Camera: Static
19 · Demo · 1:00–1:01
High-angle view of calm teal water. A triangular field of small blue and white patterned panels floats on the surface and shifts into place while a person in dark clothing sits at its lower tip, hands working the tiles.
On-screen text: “and fine-tuned small models,”
Camera: Static
20 · Demo · 1:01–1:03
A man in a gray suit and white shirt sits before a floor-to-ceiling window with trees and hills outside, speaking to camera on a locked-off frame. White subtitles of his words sit along the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “and fine-tuned small models,”, “it'll autonomously issue pull requests.”
Camera: Static
21 · Demo · 1:03–1:06
A man in a grey suit and white shirt sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows, gesturing with both hands while speaking. The locked-off medium shot holds steady as a white caption runs along the bottom.
On-screen text: “But Letterpress-1 goes beyond the problems of yesterday.”
Camera: Static
22 · Demo · 1:06–1:09
Top-down view of white cards laid in a loose spiral on sand. A person in dark clothing with a blue panel stands at the left edge, casting a long shadow. A white caption sits centered at the bottom of the frame.
On-screen text: “But Letterpress-1 goes beyond the problems of yesterday.”, “It's built on a collection of primitives”
Camera: Push in
23 · Demo · 1:09–1:11
A man in a gray blazer and white shirt sits in a bright room behind floor-to-ceiling windows, speaking to camera. The shot cuts to an aerial view of a triangular formation of floating panels on the water, with a small boat at its apex.
On-screen text: “that solve agentic growth problems of the future.”
Camera: Static
24 · Feature reveal · 1:11–1:13
Top-down aerial shot of calm blue water, where a person tows a triangular array of floating white-and-blue cubes. The formation bobs gently while the camera holds a locked-off high angle.
On-screen text: “Proofs are autonomous evidence chains”, “that solve agentic growth problemsof the future.”
Camera: Pull out
25 · Feature reveal · 1:13–1:14
Top-down locked-off shot of a white card with a black four-petal logo and teal center resting on wet sand, its shadow falling to the upper right. A white caption sits along the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “Proofs are autonomous evidence chains”
Camera: Static
26 · Feature reveal · 1:14–1:21
A man in a gray blazer and white shirt sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows, hands clasped, speaking to camera in a locked-off shot. Subtitles run along the bottom. The scene cuts to a white 3D card with a blue and orange logo on a stone wall.
On-screen text: “Proofs are autonomous evidence chains”, “that prove to models that a product has”, “real usage, recurring customers, and actual outcomes.”, “Sage: recurring, and actual outcomes.”
Camera: Static
27 · Feature reveal · 1:21–1:22
A top-down shot of rippled sand holds a white card centered in frame, its small abstract logo of teal, black, gray and orange shapes facing up. A dark shadow falls behind the card. A white caption line sits along the bottom edge while the frame stays locked.
On-screen text: “real usage, recurring customers, and actual outcomes.”, “Simulations are managed mirror applications”
Techniques: 3D mockup
Camera: Pan
28 · Feature reveal · 1:22–1:28
A man in a gray suit sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows, speaking to the camera with hands clasped. White subtitles change at the bottom over a locked-off frame.
On-screen text: “Simulations are managed mirror applications”, “that enable agents to try a product”, “before committing to purchasing it.”
Camera: Static
29 · Feature reveal · 1:28–1:29
A locked-off top-down shot of a white card lying on rippled beach sand, its teal and lavender flower logo centered, a dark shadow falling to the right. The frame holds still as a white caption line sits at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Phantoms are autonomous websites”
Camera: Static
30 · Feature reveal · 1:29–1:33
A man in a gray suit sits centered in a bright room with floor-to-ceiling windows and blurred foliage outside. He faces the camera, speaks, and makes small hand gestures. White captions appear at the bottom in two static lines.
On-screen text: “Phantoms are autonomous websites”, “to test growth strategies in a sandbox.”
Camera: Static
31 · Feature reveal · 1:33–1:34
A framed card with orange and teal cubes hovers over rippling sand, then cuts to a man in a gray suit seated before a window of yellow flowers. A white caption runs along the bottom.
On-screen text: “to test growth strategies in a sandbox.”, “Benches are self-hosted benchmarks”
Camera: Pan
32 · Feature reveal · 1:34–1:38
A man in a gray suit sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows with a view of trees and hills, speaking to camera in a locked-off medium shot. White subtitles read his words at the bottom.
On-screen text: “Benches are self-hosted benchmarks”, “with independent, open-source governance.”
Camera: Static
33 · Demo · 1:38–1:42
A man in a gray suit and open-collar white shirt sits before a large window with blurred trees and hazy hills outside, speaking directly to camera. White subtitles at the bottom swap between two lines as he talks. Static locked-off shot, shallow depth of field.
On-screen text: “with independent, open source governance.”, “Each of Letter's primitives”, “solves a difficult growth engineering challenge.”
Camera: Static
34 · Demo · 1:42–1:44
A surreal desk set floats on a mirror-still lake at dusk, mountains reflected behind. Three people work on laptops around a table with a red lamp; a fourth stands and gestures. The camera is locked off as captions change at the bottom.
On-screen text: “solves a difficult growth engineering challenge.”, “Letter is built for your existing stack,”
Camera: Static
35 · Demo · 1:44–1:46
Locked-off wide shot of three people working at a desk on a still lake, mountains behind. White Slack, Git, and MCP logos fade in one after another across the frame, left, center, right.
On-screen text: “like Slack, Git, and MCP.”
Camera: Static
36 · Demo · 1:46–1:52
A man in a gray suit and open white shirt sits centered before a large window, autumn foliage and hazy hills blurred behind him. He speaks to camera while white subtitles cycle at the bottom of the frame. The shot is locked off and evenly lit.
On-screen text: “With it, you can build”, “an autonomous AI growth engineering factory”, “to scale your product.”
Camera: Static
37 · Social proof · 1:52–1:57
Top-down locked-off view of a small campfire on a dark beach at night, four people seated around it. White captions appear line by line at the bottom, then a grid of white client logos fades in around the fire.
On-screen text: “At the Letter Company,”, “we are proud to work with some of the world's”, “most forward-thinking, emerging companies.”
Camera: Static
38 · Other · 1:57–2:03
A man in a gray suit sits centered before floor-to-ceiling windows, speaking to camera with hands clasped and small gestures. The locked-off medium shot holds steady as white subtitles change across the bottom edge.
On-screen text: “With the release of our beta,”, “we hope to play a greater role”, “in this next chapter of growth.”, “One that is defined”
Camera: Static
39 · Other · 2:03–2:11
Four people sit at a table on a mirror-like salt flat, mountains and their reflections filling the frame. The camera slowly pulls back as two caption lines fade in at the bottom center.
On-screen text: “One that is defined”, “by building.”
Camera: Pull out
40 · CTA · 2:11–2:13
A static end card on an off-white background. The colorful block logo sits centered, with the company name in black serif to its left and the URL in black serif to its right, all locked still with no motion.
On-screen text: “THE LETTER COMPANY”, “HTTPS://LETTER.DEV”
Camera: Static







