How Simile announced its Series B on X
656K views, ranked 1016 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
1:47
Today we’re announcing our Series B. We’ve raised $200M at a $2B valuation from Greenoaks with participation from Index Ventures, Hanabi, A*, Bain Capital Ventures, CVS Health Ventures, and Definition. Our mission is to simulate all eight billion people on earth, accurately.
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 | 1.6x | 92 |
| 5K to 25K followers accounts of a similar size | 479 | 582K | 1.1x | 222 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 1.0x | 1016 |
What this launch shows
The post went out from an account with 17K followers. It was seen 39 times over. The median for 5K to 25K followers is 50.8 times, and this sits near it.
It ranks 222 of 479 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1016 of 1981.
Saves led. 1K people bookmarked it, 16.8 per 10,000 views against a directory median of 11.7.
A bookmark is a plan to come back, and it tracks signups and demo requests more closely than a like does. The rest: 127 replies, 120 quotes, 150 reposts.
It starts “Today we’re announcing our Series B”, a first-person opening that the founder-account launches in the directory use most. It carries a 1:47 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.
The copy runs 43 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.
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 Simile launch?
Simile posted the launch on X on 30 July 2026.
How many views did the Simile launch post get?
656,128 views at the last read, ranked 1016 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 39 times the account's following.
Who posted the Simile launch?
@simile_ai, which has 17K followers.
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