How Living Carbon launched on X

19K views, ranked 1835 of the 1981 launches we track. It was saved at well above the usual rate, which is the signal that matters more than reach for anything with a considered purchase behind it.

Posted 2026-04-30 by @alexisohanian · engagement read 2026-08-30

Living Carbon launch post on X1:38
Alexis Ohanian 🗽
Alexis Ohanian 🗽
@alexisohanian · 940K followers
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This is what it looks like when founders take on hard, physical-world problems and execute. @Living_Carbon just secured $500M from Octopus Energy Generation to reforest degraded American land. At full scale: removing the equivalent of NYC's annual carbon footprint.

271 likes25 reposts 8 replies2 quotes 73 bookmarks
19K
Views
0x the median launch
#1835
Of the launches we track
out of 1981
0x
Its own following
940K followers
38.8
Saves per 10K views
3.3x 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 news
the same kind of announcement
769805K0.0x706
over 100K followers
accounts of a similar size
6111.4M0.0x601
Every launch
all of them, for scale
1981688K0.0x1835

What this launch shows

Living Carbon posted this from an account with 940K followers and reached about 2% of them. The median for over 100K followers is 2.4 times, so this one stayed closer to home than most.

It ranks 601 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1835 of 1981.

Likes led, 271 at 144.2 per 10,000 views against a median of 26.8, with the heavier signals closer to usual: 73 bookmarks, 8 replies, 2 quotes. A like is a reaction. The post was enjoyed more than it was kept.

The first line is “This is what it looks like when founders take on hard, physical-world problems and execute”. It carries a 1:38 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.

The copy runs 40 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 Thursday. Launches posted on a Thursday have a median of 724K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.

Attributing signups to a launch covers this: a save rate this high is the number to follow into the product. For the next one, read giving people something to reply to: the conversation is what carried this one.

Why posts from large accounts under-reach is the guide for it: a post seen by fewer people than follow the account was held back by the ranking model.

Questions about this launch

When did Living Carbon launch?

Living Carbon posted the launch on X on 30 April 2026.

How many views did the Living Carbon launch post get?

18,797 views at the last read, ranked 1835 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 0 times the account's following.

Who posted the Living Carbon launch?

@alexisohanian, which has 940K followers.

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