Shepherd RoboticsYC F26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is CTA.

Fix CTA

Score over time

757065605550Physical Intelligence 56 on Jul 24 (Live)Figure 66 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Figure 67 on Jun 22 (Wayback)Figure 62 on Jul 11 (Wayback)Figure 65 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Figure 65 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Figure 69 on Sep 4 (Wayback)Figure 68 on Sep 20 (Live)Apptronik 57 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Apptronik 63 on Sep 20 (Live)Agility Robotics 63 on Jun 29 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 61 on Jul 21 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 62 on Jul 30 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 63 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 63 on Aug 22 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 64 on Aug 31 (Wayback)Agility Robotics 60 on Sep 20 (Live)Standard Bots 70 on Apr 15 (Wayback)Standard Bots 69 on May 4 (Wayback)Standard Bots 64 on Jun 9 (Wayback)Standard Bots 67 on Jun 22 (Wayback)Standard Bots 67 on Jul 3 (Wayback)Standard Bots 69 on Jul 31 (Wayback)Standard Bots 71 on Sep 20 (Live)Shepherd Robotics 69 on Sep 20 (Live)Sep 20

CTA

52Fair

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

Shepherd Robotics
Standard Bots
Apptronik
Figure

Problems

  • label is a raw email address
  • no action verb or payoff
  • mailto click feels costly
  • nav 'Contact' splits the label

Trust

56Fair

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

Shepherd Robotics
Apptronik
Standard Bots
Trust read
Shepherd RoboticsTask demo video captioned "Cable Assembly — Insertion" with the "Demonstrated tasks" list
Physical IntelligenceDated research timeline, e.g. "π0.7: a Steerable Model with Emergent Capabilities — April 16, 2026"
Figureimplicit context Figure may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
ApptronikHero photo of the Apollo robot performing real warehouse pick-and-pack work
Agility Robotics"Digit is a humanoid robot with 65,000 hours of real production experience" (mobile fold)
Standard Bots"Standard Bots raises $200M Series C at a $1B valuation" announcement bar

Value props

72Fair

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

Shepherd Robotics’s headline sellsGeneral-purpose robots for skilled physical work.Built for AI infrastructure and advanced manufacturing, our robots adapt to different parts, workflows, and environments.

Working

  • Honest, concrete category claim
  • Hero video shows real task demo
  • Subhead names target industries

Could improve

  • No numbers or quantified outcomes
  • No emotional hook for buyer pain
  • "Adapt" claim lacks proof point

Information hierarchy

78Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Hero demo video — Frame shows mostly bare plywood with the robot cropped out, so the proof-of-work visual communicates almost nothing.
  2. Nav Contact button — Boxed button styled near the weight of the primary email CTA, duplicating the action and splitting the scan path.
  3. Demonstrated tasks caption — The strongest capability copy on the page is set in small low-contrast grey text under the video.

Mobile web

86Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Email address CTA — A raw mailto address as the button label signals email friction instead of a clear action like "Book a demo".
  2. Pause button placement — The Pause control floats beside the caption text away from the video it controls, reading as a competing button.
  3. Cropped demo video — The desktop video crop loses the robot arms on mobile, showing mostly bare tabletop and weakening the proof.