SciloopYC F25 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

Fix Trust

Score over time

90807060504030Mercor 75 on Jun 25 (Wayback)Mercor 76 on Jul 14 (Wayback)Mercor 77 on Jul 23 (Wayback)Mercor 74 on Aug 12 (Wayback)Mercor 59 on Aug 28 (Wayback)Mercor 57 on Sep 5 (Wayback)Mercor 54 on Sep 20 (Live)Surge AI 46 on Jun 9 (Wayback)Surge AI 45 on Jul 15 (Wayback)Surge AI 44 on Jul 24 (Wayback)Surge AI 46 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Surge AI 44 on Aug 21 (Wayback)Surge AI 46 on Aug 31 (Wayback)Surge AI 46 on Sep 20 (Live)Scale AI 62 on May 30 (Wayback)Scale AI 62 on Jun 15 (Wayback)Scale AI 49 on Jul 11 (Wayback)Scale AI 64 on Aug 23 (Wayback)Scale AI 62 on Sep 5 (Wayback)Scale AI 61 on Sep 20 (Live)Turing 73 on May 22 (Wayback)Turing 74 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Turing 72 on Jul 15 (Wayback)Turing 65 on Sep 22 (Live)Handshake AI 71 on May 16 (Wayback)Handshake AI 72 on May 31 (Wayback)Handshake AI 72 on Jun 19 (Wayback)Handshake AI 68 on Jun 30 (Wayback)Handshake AI 71 on Aug 7 (Wayback)Handshake AI 69 on Sep 4 (Wayback)Handshake AI 69 on Sep 20 (Live)Sciloop 72 on May 21 (Wayback)Sciloop 73 on Jun 8 (Wayback)Sciloop 73 on Sep 15 (Wayback)Sciloop 71 on Sep 22 (Live)May 21Jun 8Sep 15Sep 22
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  1. Sep 22, 202671LiveOverall −2 · Mobile web −8 · Information hierarchy −4Viewing
  2. Sep 15, 202673Trust −6 · Information hierarchy +3View →
  3. Jun 8, 202673Overall +1 · Trust +6 · Information hierarchy −3View →
  4. May 21, 202672First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 84, weakest Trust 52View →

Trust

54Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Trust read
Sciloop"Backed by investors in" badge with Stripe logo above the headline
Mercorimplicit context Mercor may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Surge AI"New Frontier data and RL environments, off the shelf" announcement banner
Scale AIimplicit context Scale AI may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Turingimplicit context Turing may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Handshake AI"1M+ companies ready to hire. 100+ AI specialist roles across all levels."

Value props

68Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Sciloop’s headline vagueThe hardest problems, built by the best minds.Where IMO Gold Medalists, Codeforces Grandmasters, And Top Domain Experts Craft What No Model Can Solve — Yet.

Working

  • Elite, specific credentials in subhead
  • Dual CTAs reveal two-sided market
  • University logos back the claim

Could improve

  • Headline never says what Sciloop is
  • Zero numbers or proof metrics
  • Buyer-side value goes unstated

CTA

76Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

Sciloop

Problems

  • five words — over 3-word limit
  • 'as an expert' may gate some visitors

Information hierarchy

78Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Orange Platform nav link — Styled in the same orange accent as the primary CTA, pulling scan-path weight to a nav exit.
  2. Get datasets button — Second audience's CTA sits at equal position beside the primary, splitting the fold's one action.
  3. Stripe badge chip — Raw white logo chip inside the investor pill reads as a rendering glitch, not social proof.

Mobile web

78Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Three-line subheadline — Title-case copy wraps into three slow-reading lines and pushes both CTAs lower in the fold.
  2. Investor badge pill — The cycling logo without a name conveys little on mobile and competes with the headline for first attention.
  3. Get datasets button — Low-contrast ghost styling makes the secondary path nearly invisible against the dark background.