How Intelligence announced a $7.9M raise on X
1.5M views, ranked 585 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
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Today, we're introducing @Intelligence_ai. In 6 months, as a team of 10, we scaled from $5M to $60M ARR and 5.5M users across 190+ countries. We raised a $7.9M seed, led by @IndexVentures with participation from @conviction, @A_StarVC, and @combinator to build DesignArena, a
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 with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding announcement the same kind of announcement | 247 | 419K | 3.6x | 44 |
| 5K to 25K followers accounts of a similar size | 479 | 582K | 2.6x | 125 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 2.2x | 585 |
What this launch shows
Intelligence posted this from an account with 10K followers and reached 155.3 times that many people. The usual multiple for 5K to 25K followers is 50.8.
This one did 3.1 times that. It ranks 125 of 479 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it sits at 2.2 times the median of 688K views.
Replies led. 344 of them, 2.3 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 1K, reposts at 115.
The post opens with “Today, we're introducing @Intelligence_ai”, a first-person opening that the founder-account launches in the directory use most. It carries a 28-second video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos under 30 seconds have a median of 850K views in the directory.
The copy runs 45 words, about the usual length for 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 Monday. Launches posted on a Monday have a median of 618K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
How to announce a funding round covers this: the round is the news and the post has to turn it into customers and hires. For the next one, read X analytics explained: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size.
Questions about this launch
When did Intelligence launch?
Intelligence posted the launch on X on 3 August 2026.
How many views did the Intelligence launch post get?
1,515,409 views at the last read, ranked 585 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 155 times the account's following.
Who posted the Intelligence launch?
@grx_xce, which has 10K followers.
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