Earendil RoboticsYC S26 landing page report.
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Earendil Roboticshttps://earendil.io/

Your landing page’s weakest score is CTA.

How Earendil Robotics ranks

  1. 1.Skydio64
  2. 2.Flyability64
  3. 3.Exyn Technologies56
  4. 4.Shield AI52
  5. 5.Earendil Robotics36
Fix CTA
36Growth scoreupdated

category scores

CTA30Information hierarchy32Value props32Trust32Mobile web52
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CTA30Information hierarchy32Value props32Trust32Mobile web52

Score over time

7060504030Exyn Technologies 54 on May 19 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 52 on Jun 11 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 53 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 53 on Jul 23 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 52 on Aug 29 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 47 on Sep 9 (Wayback)Exyn Technologies 56 on Sep 23 (Live)Shield AI 58 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Shield AI 58 on Jul 13 (Wayback)Shield AI 56 on Jul 24 (Wayback)Shield AI 55 on Aug 15 (Wayback)Shield AI 61 on Aug 23 (Wayback)Shield AI 60 on Sep 17 (Wayback)Shield AI 52 on Sep 22 (Live)Skydio 64 on Sep 20 (Live)Flyability 58 on May 8 (Wayback)Flyability 57 on Jul 14 (Wayback)Flyability 59 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Flyability 58 on Aug 22 (Wayback)Flyability 58 on Sep 9 (Wayback)Flyability 64 on Sep 23 (Live)Earendil Robotics 37 on Sep 6 (Wayback)Earendil Robotics 36 on Sep 20 (Live)Sep 6Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202636LiveOverall −1 · Mobile web +20 · Information hierarchy −16Viewing
  2. Sep 6, 202637First tracked report — strongest Information hierarchy 48, weakest CTA 32View →

CTA

30Poor

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

Exyn Technologies
Skydio
Flyability
Shield AI

Problems

  • no CTA anywhere in either fold
  • desktop fold is wordmark only
  • only affordance is nav MENU

Information hierarchy

32Poor

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture12
  1. EARENDIL wordmark hero — The only fold content is the brand name — no headline, subheadline, or CTA to act on.
  2. Small dark aircraft graphic — The drone visual is so low-contrast against the black background it is nearly invisible, wasting the one brand asset.

Value props

32Poor

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

Earendil Robotics’s headline vagueEarendil is how the West stays ahead of the threat.

Working

  • Confident, mission-driven tone
  • Clear defense positioning on mobile
  • Drone render hints at the product

Could improve

  • Desktop fold is only a wordmark
  • No product or capability named
  • No subhead, numbers, or proof

Trust

32Poor

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

Earendil Robotics
Skydio
Flyability
Exyn Technologies
Trust read
Earendil Robotics3D-rendered fixed-wing drone shown in the mobile hero
Exyn Technologies"Watch Autonomy Level 4" video link offering a demonstration of the autonomy system
Shield AIimplicit context Shield AI may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
SkydioReal product footage: Skydio drone in flight over a city skyline (desktop hero) and dock station with drone airborne (mo
FlyabilityReal photo of the caged Elios 3 drone flying inside an industrial tunnel

Mobile web

52Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Hero headline block — The only message in the fold has no CTA paired with it — nothing tappable to act on.
  2. Bottom-edge headline placement — The headline sits at the viewport's bottom edge, clipping the value statement on first paint.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Skydioskydio.com64 #2Flyabilityflyability.com64 #3Exyn Technologiesexyn.com56 #4Shield AIshield.ai52
#5Earendil Robotics36