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Hemlock

Industrials · YC Fall 2026

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Automated design study · partial homepage

Light, center-aligned visual-first product story with rounded geometry and image-led proof.

Hemlock — Muscle Memory For Machines opens with “Muscle Memory For Machines” in a center-aligned visual-led hero.

Prior capture · 2026-09-03. A fresh capture was unsuccessful; see the capture notes.

Evidence & method · 3 capture notes
Source
https://www.hemlock.info/
Captured
2026-09-03
Extractor
2.4.0
Evidence
hero, middle, closing, mobile
  • Automated interpretation; editorial review is pending.
  • Animated or layered text alternatives were detected; the analysis records the most visually prominent state at capture.
  • Partial inspection: refresh on 2026-09-08 failed. Retained capture from 2026-09-03; current rendering, font availability, and embedded content are not verified. Capture limitation: The document scroll requested 2400px but reached 1600px (allowed drift 80px); depth evidence could not be verified.
  • The hero heading was read from semantic heading markup.
  • 8 responsive breakpoint declarations were inspectable.
  • 1 stylesheet was inspectable; 1 cross-origin stylesheet was unavailable to rule inspection.
  • Computed styles describe the captured render; source design tokens and proprietary font files were not copied.

Captured screens

2026-09-03 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Hemlock hero homepage design evidence. Hero viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Hero1600 × 1000
Hemlock mid-page homepage design evidence. Mid-page viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Hemlock closing homepage design evidence. Closing viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Closing1600 × 1000
Hemlock mobile homepage design evidence. Mobile viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
visual-led · center
Surface
light
Density
sparse
Content width
1360px
Confidence
low
Primary action
None detected

Color system

Light surfaces use 7 repeated semantic colors; hierarchy is carried mainly by tonal contrast.

Canvas

Page canvas

Dominant rendered page background.
Surface 1

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 180.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 132.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 106.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 18.1:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 3.3:1.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

The observed type system assigns Space Grotesk to display, heading, body-small text; Archivo to body text; JetBrains Mono to label text.

Metric previews use the observed CSS values. Source font files are not bundled, so unavailable families fall back locally.
display

Muscle Memory For Machines

Space Grotesk · 105.6px/105.6px · weight 700 · tracking -5.808px · color rgb(10, 10, 12) · preview scaled
heading

The data layer for embodied AI.

Space Grotesk · 48px/51.36px · weight 700 · tracking -1.68px · color rgb(245, 245, 247)
body

Foundation models for robotics are starved for one thing: contact-rich manipulation data. The…

Archivo · 19.2px/33.6px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgb(10, 10, 12)
body-small

Stream it live or hand it off in the formats your team already trains on. No new tooling to adopt.…

Space Grotesk · 13.7376px/19.2326px · weight 500 · tracking -0.137376px · color rgb(245, 245, 247)
label

Beta Program

JetBrains Mono · 9.92px/normal · weight 500 · tracking 2.7776px · color rgb(10, 132, 255)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
35px
Container
35px
5px11px35px34px15px7px33.5px20px80px14px

Shape

Rounded geometry is the dominant shape voice. Elevation is selectively reinforced with shadow.

Inputs
11px
Pills
999px
Cards
22px
Containers
22px
Inspect borders & shadows · 6
Borders
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.090)1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.059)1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.278)1px solid rgba(11, 131, 255, 0.380)
Shadows
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.043) 0px 0px 36px 0px, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2) 0px 1px 0px 0px insetrgba(10, 132, 255, 0.28) 0px 1px 18px 0px

Component grammar

Token-based examples, not original components. Source fonts may fall back locally.

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Visual led, center-aligned opening anchored by the primary message.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
visual-led
Alignment
center
Heading
Space Grotesk · 105.6px / 700
Media
image-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Persistent navigation with 5 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 7 properties
Text
#f5f5f7
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
14px 14px 14px 14px
Type
Archivo · 16px / 400
Position
fixed
Height
78px

Content card

Repeated content module

6 observed

6 style-matched content card instances were found among 10 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example content
Inspect 7 properties
Background
#000000
Text
#f5f5f7
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
35px 34px 35px 34px
Type
Archivo · 16px / 400
Candidate pool
10

Form control

Input and selection

4 observed

4 style-matched form control instances were found among 6 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example input
Inspect 7 properties
Background
rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.051)
Text
#f5f5f7
Border
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.090)
Radius
11px
Padding
11px 15px 11px 15px
Type
Archivo · 16px / 300
Candidate pool
6

Media frame

Visual proof

2 observed

2 style-matched media elements were found among 4 rendered candidates; fill fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
fill
Ratios
1.60, 1.31
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
4

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

2 visible actions close the page on a #000000 surface.

Inspect 7 properties
Background
#000000
Text
#f5f5f7
Border
1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.059)
Radius
0px
Padding
44px 80px 36px 80px
Type
Archivo · 16px / 400
Links
2

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 4 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into The Data Engine for Physical AI, The Missing Modality, The data layer for embodied AI.

Structure
Visual marquee narrative
Hero pattern
Visual marquee: imagery carries most of the opening surface
Grid
2 columns
Closing
Minimal closing footer
Full section sequence · 4
  1. The Data Engine for Physical AI
  2. The Missing Modality
  3. The data layer for embodied AI.
  4. Beta cohort is live.

Imagery, motion & responsive

Imagery

Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

fill fitting · square-edged frames
Inspect imagery inventory
Composition
A focused visual anchors the first viewport.
Inventory
4 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

3 declared keyframes and 18 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.2s, 0.45s, 0.07s.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
GSAP
Keyframes
hb, ambDriftA, ambDriftB
Durations
0.2s, 0.45s, 0.07s, 0.7s, 0.35s
Easings
ease, cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), ease, ease, ease-in-out, cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), linear, cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), ease, cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), ease, ease
States
transition-all, hover, active, focus

Mobile

Desktop navigation reduces from 5 visible actions to 3. Hero remains center-aligned; mobile heading size is 46.8px.

Observed multi-column desktop regions collapse to a single-column mobile flow.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #f4f5f5 canvas with #0a0a0c primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use Space Grotesk at 105.6px/105.6px, weight 700, for the primary display moment.
  • Let the center-aligned visual-led hero establish hierarchy before secondary content.
  • Image led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

Don’t

  • Do not mix in arbitrary radii; 11px is the repeated treatment on inputs.
  • Do not introduce an accent hue that is absent from the captured palette.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond Space Grotesk and Archivo and JetBrains Mono.
  • Do not copy transition-all declarations; keep only purposeful transform or opacity motion.