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The launch videos, explainers, founder stories, pitches, ads, and keynotes founders study before making their own. Ranked by how many founders recommend each. Tap a video to play it right here.

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   Config 2024: Figma product launch keynote

   Figma ·2024 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Dylan Field owns the AI moment head on, then unveils Figma AI, Slides and Dev Mode: a clinic on launching many products in one hour.

   Keynote by Figma (official channel)

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   Full Keynote: Satya Nadella at Microsoft Build 2024

   Microsoft ·2024 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Nadella threads one 'Copilot for everything' narrative across the whole stack, framing Copilot as a platform shift rather than a feature.

   Keynote by Microsoft (official channel)

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   Google I/O 2024 keynote: Sundar Pichai opening remarks

   Google ·2024 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Pichai closes by counting the 121 times 'AI' was said on stage, a self aware framing device for Gemini reaching across every product.

   Keynote by Google (official channel)

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   GTC March 2024 keynote with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang

   NVIDIA ·2024 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Huang works the stage with no teleprompter, unveils the Blackwell GPU and holds the chip up like a rock star, defining the AI hardware era.

   Keynote by NVIDIA (official channel)

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   Ola Sankalp: Building the India of Tomorrow

   Ola Electric ·2024 ·India ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Annual keynote where Ola showed its homegrown Bharat 4680 cell and full-stack EV roadmap, staking a deeptech claim from a single factory floor.

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   Stripe Sessions 2024 opening keynote

   Stripe ·2024 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Collison runs an hour of tight live demos and product drops, the model for a founder led keynote that stays technical and never hyped.

   Keynote by Stripe (official channel)

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   AWS re:Invent 2023 CEO keynote with Adam Selipsky

   Amazon Web Services ·2023 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Selipsky unveils Amazon Q and positions AWS against the AI wave, a study in holding an enterprise room across a 2.5 hour reveal.

   Keynote by AWS Events (official channel)

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   Sam Altman, OpenAI DevDay 2023 opening keynote

   OpenAI ·2023 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   Altman drops GPT-4 Turbo, custom GPTs and the GPT Store, then brings Satya Nadella out, showing how to pace a dense developer reveal.

   Keynote by OpenAI (official channel)

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   Elon Musk unveils the Tesla Cybertruck, 2019

   Tesla ·2019 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

   The 'bulletproof' armored glass demo shatters live on stage, a lesson in how even a botched reveal can own the news cycle for weeks.

   Keynote by YouTube upload of the Cybertruck reveal event

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    Steve Jobs unveils the MacBook Air, Macworld 2008

    Apple ·2008 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

    Jobs slides the world's thinnest laptop out of a manila office envelope, proving one physical prop sells a spec better than any slide.

    Keynote by YouTube upload of Macworld San Francisco 2008

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    Steve Jobs introduces the first iPhone, Macworld 2007

    Apple ·2007 ·Global ·Source: YouTube ↗

    'An iPod, a phone, an internet communicator' repeated three times before the reveal is the template for a one line product unveil.

    Keynote by Full Macworld 2007 keynote upload (80 min)

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