Introducing Kardashev-0.7 · Launch Video Breakdown: Hook, Pacing & Motion Design

Scene-by-scene timeline & spoken transcript

1. 0:00 – 0:07

   The Hook

   Humanity's Collective Intelligence

   “For millennia, humanity advanced through billions of different minds working together.”

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   humanity advanced through billions of different minds working together.

   Camera

   Medium shot slow push-in, transitioning to archival footage montage

   Motion

   Live-action framing layered with archival film cuts

2. 0:07 – 0:11

   Problem Agitation

   Questioning Monolithic AI

   “So why are we scaling AI by just training one giant model?”

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   one giant model

   Camera

   Medium tracking shot outdoors

   Motion

   Serif kinetic typography overlay

3. 0:11 – 0:18

   Product Reveal

   Introducing Kardashev-0.7

   “That's why we built Kardashev-0.7, the world's first trained swarm, made of 32 distinct models.”

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   BANBURY ROAD Kardashev-0.7 The world's first trained swarm. 32 distinct models

   Camera

   Static orbital view with gentle planetary limb glow drift

   Motion

   Elegant typography reveal over space atmospheric curvature

4. 0:18 – 0:29

   Product Reveal

   Founder Credibility

   “I'm Ed. And I'm Cat. We're co-founders at Banbury Road. Our team met as top of the class undergrads at Oxford and left PhD at Yale and UChicago to scale intelligence horizontally.”

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   I'm Ed. And I'm Cat. We're co-founders at Banbury Road. Our team met as top of the class undergrads at Oxford and left PhD at Yale and UChicago to scale intelligence horizontally.

   Camera

   Static two-shot in Golden Gate park setting

   Motion

   Subtitle typography synced with speaker cadence

5. 0:29 – 0:38

   Feature Teaser

   Swarm Architecture (RLPS)

   “With our technique, RL for population scaling, or RLPS, we trained 32 models to organically develop complementary capabilities.”

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   RL for population scaling RLPS 32 distinct models Complementary capabilities.

   Camera

   Static space view with animated 4x8 geometric swarm array

   Motion

   Node morphing into distinct geometric radar shapes

6. 0:38 – 0:45

   Feature Teaser

   Benchmark Dominance & Cost Disruption

   “Giving frontier performances at the level of GPT-5.5 for 1/50th of the cost.”

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   SuperGPQA Graduate-level knowledge · score (%) Kardashev-0.7 81.3% GPT-5.5 72.7% Qwen3.7 Max 73.6% DeepSeek V4 Pro 69.9% IFBench Instruction following · score (%) Kardashev-0.7 79.3% GPT-5.5 75.9% Qwen3.7 Max 79.1% DeepSeek V4 Pro 77.0% Inference cost USD / 1M output tokens · logarithmic scale Kardashev-0.7 $0.18 GPT-5.5 $30 Qwen3.7 Max $4.95 DeepSeek V4 Pro $3.96

   Camera

   Locked off graphic camera

   Motion

   Sequenced bar chart fills and numeric counting transitions

7. 0:45 – 0:52

   Feature Teaser

   Mathematical Milestone

   “For example, we solved the 70-year-old Pierce-Birkhoff conjecture in algebraic geometry for under $500.”

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   70-year-old Pierce-Birkhoff conjecture in algebraic geometry for under $500.

   Camera

   Two-shot outdoors

   Motion

   Large scale typography overlays highlighting $500 and 70-year-old

8. 0:52 – 0:58

   Feature Teaser

   Scaling Laws by Model Count

   “Capability so far has scaled by model size, but we are scaling them by model count.”

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   Model size Test loss · lower is better Non-embedding parameters Model count Test loss · lower is better Models

   Camera

   Static graphics plane

   Motion

   Logarithmic scatter points animating with best-fit trendline projection

9. 0:58 – 1:06

   Call to Action

   Invitation to Try Kardashev

   “32 models is just the beginning. Be among the first to try Kardashev for yourself.”

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   32 models is just the beginning. Be among the first to try Kardashev for yourself. BANBURY ROAD Try Kardashev. banburyroad.ai

   Camera

   Founder cut fading to celestial horizon end slate

   Motion

   Minimalist centered CTA fade-in