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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

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Score over time

8075706560Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 74 on Apr 26 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 73 on May 18 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 72 on Jun 6 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 72 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 74 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 70 on Aug 24 (Wayback)Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects) 70 on Sep 20 (Live)Thomas 64 on Jun 15 (Wayback)Thomas 63 on Sep 20 (Live)Jun 15Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202663LiveOverall −1 · Mobile web −8 · Information hierarchy +4Viewing
  2. Jun 15, 202664First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 72, weakest Trust 52View →

Trust

48Poor

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

Thomas
Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects)
Trust read
Thomas"Backed by Y Combinator" line under the hero headline
Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects)Logo strip with Spotify, Berkeley, Facebook, NYU, Netflix, and LinkedIn beneath the hero

CTA

62Fair

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

Thomas
Napkin (by HyperWrite / AI founder projects)

Problems

  • low contrast, easy to miss
  • small vs giant hero wordmark
  • promises reading, not product value
  • arrow implies scroll, not action

Mobile web

64Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Read the Manifesto CTA — The only CTA is cropped at the viewport edge and sized like a desktop pill, not a full-width thumb button.
  2. Y Combinator mark — The bright orange logo draws the eye more than the muted CTA and reads as the tappable element.

Value props

68Fair

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

Thomas’s headline sellsThe first AI founderThomas, a virtual human who starts and grows his own companies on the internet.

Working

  • Novel claim stated in five words
  • YC badge is real, instant proof
  • Subhead explains the concept clearly

Could improve

  • Zero numbers or named companies
  • Hero image decorates, shows no product
  • No outcome or milestone evidence

Information hierarchy

72Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Read the Manifesto CTA — Primary CTA is cropped at the bottom edge, styled in low-contrast beige, and undersized relative to the giant headline.
  2. Follow and social icons — Three exit paths (FOLLOW, LinkedIn, X) sit in the top-right scan terminus and outrank the barely visible primary CTA.
  3. Backed by Y Combinator — Orange YC badge is the brightest element on the page, pulling the eye harder than the CTA or subtext.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop