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Hilstart

Industrials · YC Summer 2026

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Automated design study · full homepage

Light, left-aligned split product story with sharp geometry and image-led proof.

Hilstart opens with “Hardware development, on autopilot.” in a left-aligned split hero.
Evidence & method · 1 capture note
Source
https://hilstart.io/
Captured
2026-09-08
Extractor
2.5.0
Evidence
hero, middle, closing, mobile
  • Automated interpretation; editorial review is pending.
  • The hero heading was read from semantic heading markup.
  • 11 responsive breakpoint declarations were inspectable.
  • 12 stylesheets were inspectable; 0 cross-origin stylesheets were unavailable to rule inspection.
  • Computed styles describe the captured render; source design tokens and proprietary font files were not copied.

Captured screens

2026-09-08 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Hilstart hero homepage design evidence. Visible section: Hardware development, on autopilot.
Hero1600 × 1000
Hilstart mid-page homepage design evidence. Visible section: The hardware interface.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Hilstart closing homepage design evidence. Visible section: Close the loop on your hardware.
Closing1600 × 1000
Hilstart mobile homepage design evidence. Visible section: Hardware development, on autopilot.
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
split · left
Surface
light
Density
sparse
Content width
1360px
Confidence
medium
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 154.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 150.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 100.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 17.6:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 9.2:1.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

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

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

Hardware development, on autopilot.

Hanken Grotesk · 78px/81.12px · weight 500 · tracking -2.34px · color rgb(14, 15, 16) · preview scaled
heading

The hardware interface.

Hanken Grotesk · 54px/54px · weight 500 · tracking -1.89px · color rgb(246, 245, 241)
body

Design context is converted to a specification and strict test limits that you approve. Our agent…

Hanken Grotesk · 18px/27.9px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgb(14, 15, 16)
body-small

03 · Execution and results Run tests on real hardware. Reading is always allowed: scopes, logic…

JetBrains Mono · 10.5px/15.75px · weight 400 · tracking 1.47px · color rgb(15, 107, 48)
label

founders@hilstart.io

JetBrains Mono · 11px/16.5px · weight 400 · tracking 1.1px · color rgba(13, 15, 17, 0.600)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
40px
Container
24px
24px8px28px14px22px40px12px10px120px5px

Shape

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

Containers
2px
Pills
99px
Media
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 5
Borders
1px solid rgba(14, 14, 14, 0.141)1px solid rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.078)1px solid rgba(243, 243, 243, 0.169)1px solid rgba(16, 16, 16, 0.322)
Shadows
rgba(22, 163, 74, 0.32) 0px 0px 0px 1px

Component grammar

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

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Split, left-aligned opening anchored by the primary message.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
split
Alignment
left
Heading
Hanken Grotesk · 78px / 500
Media
image-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Persistent navigation with 6 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 8 properties
Background
rgba(246, 245, 241, 0.78)
Text
#0e0f10
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Hanken Grotesk · 16px / 400
Position
sticky
Height
65px

Content card

Repeated content module

1 observed

1 style-matched content card instance was found among 1 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example content
Inspect 7 properties
Background
#efece4
Text
#0e0f10
Border
1px solid rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.078)
Radius
0px
Padding
72px 72px 72px 72px
Type
Hanken Grotesk · 16px / 400
Candidate pool
1

Badge or tag

Compact status or category label

1 observed

1 style-matched badge or tag instance was found among 1 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example label
Inspect 7 properties
Background
#f6f5f1
Text
rgba(14, 15, 15, 0.78)
Border
1px solid rgba(14, 14, 14, 0.141)
Radius
0px
Padding
6px 12px 6px 12px
Type
Hanken Grotesk · 13px / 500
Candidate pool
1

Media frame

Visual proof

2 observed

2 style-matched media elements were found among 6 rendered candidates; fill fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
fill, contain, cover
Ratios
6.79, 1.49, 1.00, 1.78, 1.71
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
6

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

7 visible actions close the page on a transparent surface.

Inspect 6 properties
Text
#0e0f10
Border
1px solid rgba(14, 14, 14, 0.141)
Radius
0px
Padding
64px 0px 40px 0px
Type
Hanken Grotesk · 16px / 400
Links
7

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 8 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Agent driven, human verifiable, The hardware interface, Run it in our cloud, or from your own environment.

Structure
Split product narrative
Hero pattern
Split hero: message and proof share the first viewport
Grid
2 columns
Closing
Utility footer with 7 actions
Full section sequence · 8
  1. Agent driven, human verifiable.
  2. The hardware interface.
  3. Run it in our cloud, or from your own environment.
  4. Will this work for my setup?
  5. Close the loop on your hardware.
  6. Single source of truth.
  7. Generate hardware tests.
  8. Run tests on real hardware.

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
Multiple visual elements share the first viewport.
Inventory
6 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

1 declared keyframe and 1 active animation were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.2s, 2s, 0.15s.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
pulse
Durations
0.2s, 2s, 0.15s
Easings
ease, ease, ease, ease, ease, ease, ease, linear
States
hover, focus

Mobile

Desktop navigation reduces from 6 visible actions to 1. Hero alignment changes from left to center; mobile heading size is 32.064px.

1 multi-column content region remains on mobile.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #f6f5f0 canvas with #0e0f10 primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use Hanken Grotesk at 78px/81.12px, weight 500, for the primary display moment.
  • Let the left-aligned split 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; 2px is the repeated treatment on containers.
  • Do not introduce an accent hue that is absent from the captured palette.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond Hanken Grotesk and JetBrains Mono.
  • Do not spread the observed shadow treatment across every container; keep elevation selective.