TouchmarkYC S26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

Fix Trust

Score over time

8075706560SF Compute 67 on Jun 26 (Wayback)SF Compute 68 on Jul 29 (Wayback)SF Compute 72 on Sep 8 (Wayback)SF Compute 70 on Sep 20 (Live)Vast.ai 77 on Jun 29 (Wayback)Vast.ai 75 on Jul 14 (Wayback)Vast.ai 75 on Jul 26 (Wayback)Vast.ai 75 on Aug 8 (Wayback)Vast.ai 74 on Aug 25 (Wayback)Vast.ai 75 on Sep 5 (Wayback)Vast.ai 75 on Sep 20 (Live)Akash Network 65 on Apr 4 (Wayback)Akash Network 70 on Apr 18 (Wayback)Akash Network 73 on Sep 20 (Live)Shadeform 73 on Sep 20 (Live)Touchmark 69 on Sep 20 (Live)Sep 20

Trust

48Poor

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

Touchmark
Vast.ai
Akash Network
SF Compute
Shadeform
Trust read
Touchmark"Backed by Y Combinator" badge in the header
SF ComputeLogo strip featuring NVIDIA, Modal, Standard Intelligence, HeyGen, and MIT at the bottom of the fold
Vast.aiStats bar: "700K+ transactions/mo · 20,000+ GPUs · 40+ data centers · 68+ GPU types"
Akash NetworkLogo strip with yesnoerror, Pluralis Research, Princeton University, and Gensyn plus "Read Razer Case Study" link
ShadeformCustomer logo strip (Tinfoil, Moises, Parasail, Berkeley) below the mobile hero

Value props

58Fair

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

Touchmark’s headline undersellstouchmarkMarket for AI model inference. Future capacity, bought today.

Working

  • Subhead names category and mechanism
  • "Bought today" implies concrete action
  • No buzzword abstraction stack

Could improve

  • H1 is just the brand name
  • No numbers, prices, or proof points
  • Hero visual decorates, shows no market

Information hierarchy

78Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Subheadline gray text — Low-contrast gray copy at small size makes the only explanation of the product easy to skim past.
  2. Y Combinator badge — The single brightest color on the fold (orange) pulls the eye to a credibility badge instead of the CTA.
  3. Enter the market CTA — Label names an action, not a benefit, and its muted gray fill blends into the grayscale scene rather than popping.

CTA

80Strong

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

Touchmark

Problems

  • label names a place, not a payoff
  • no secondary low-intent path
  • arrow icon adds no meaning

Mobile web

82Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Subheadline over mesh — Low-contrast grey text with grid lines cutting through the words reads poorly at arm's length.
  2. Enter the market button — Desktop-proportioned pill floats narrow in the column instead of a full-bleed thumb target.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop