How Antonio Li launched Nori on X

631K views, ranked 1031 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.

Posted 2026-08-18 by @AntonioSitongLi · Y Combinator S26 · engagement read 2026-10-06

Antonio Li launch post on X3:17
Antonio Li
Antonio Li
@AntonioSitongLi · 4K followers
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Introducing Nori the $1688 humanoid Opening a limited batch that will ship this fall Order yours below

941 likes78 reposts 118 replies46 quotes 294 bookmarks
631K
Views
1x the median launch
#1031
Of the launches we track
out of 1981
168x
Its own following
4K followers
4.7
Saves per 10K views
0.4x the median rate

How it compares

A launch means nothing against no one. These are the launches it is actually comparable to, and where this one sits among them.

Compared withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
Product release
the same kind of announcement
954692K0.9x494
under 5K followers
accounts of a similar size
627227K2.8x178
Every launch
all of them, for scale
1981688K0.9x1031

What this launch shows

From an account with 4K followers, this reached 168 times the account's own following. That is close to the median for under 5K followers, which is 161.4 times.

It ranks 178 of 627 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1031 of 1981.

Replies led. 118 of them, 1.9 per 10,000 views against a median of 2.3.

The post started a conversation, and the ranking model pays for conversation with reach in the hours after. Bookmarks came in at 294, reposts at 78.

The first line is “Introducing Nori the $1688 humanoid”, the same first word as 25% of launches in the directory. It carries a 3:17 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.

The copy runs 18 words, shorter than a launch post here, where the median is 41. There is a link in the body, which costs a post some reach and buys it a place to send people.

It went out on a Tuesday. Launches posted on a Tuesday have a median of 651K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.

Launching a product on X from a small account covers this: an account with 4K followers has to earn every view from outside its own following.

For the next one, read X analytics explained: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size. Every launch we track in Robotics is on that vertical's directory page.

Questions about this launch

When did Antonio Li launch Nori?

Antonio Li posted the launch on X on 18 August 2026.

How many views did the Nori launch post get?

631,495 views at the last read, ranked 1031 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 168 times the account's following.

Who posted the Nori launch?

@AntonioSitongLi, which has 4K followers.

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