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Lantern AI

B2B · YC Fall 2026

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Automated design study · full homepage

Dark, left-aligned visual-first product story with sharp geometry and video-led proof.

Lantern · The end-to-end AI Hiring Manager opens with “Turn your taste into hires.” in a left-aligned visual-led hero.
Evidence & method · 1 capture note
Source
https://www.lantern.md/
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.
  • 9 responsive breakpoint declarations were inspectable.
  • 2 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

Lantern AI hero homepage design evidence. Visible section: Turn your taste into hires.
Hero1600 × 1000
Lantern AI mid-page homepage design evidence. Visible section: Every introduction earns its place.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Lantern AI closing homepage design evidence. Visible section: Give Lantern the role. We’ll take it from here.
Closing1600 × 1000
Lantern AI mobile homepage design evidence. Visible section: Turn your taste into hires.
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
visual-led · left
Surface
dark
Density
sparse
Content width
352px
Confidence
medium
Primary action
Book a Demo

Color system

Dark surfaces use 8 repeated semantic colors; the primary action carries the strongest interactive emphasis.

Canvas

Page canvas

Dominant rendered page background.
Surface 1

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 401.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 331.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 55.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 17.8:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 6.8:1.
Action

Primary action

Fill used by the dominant first-viewport action.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

The observed type system assigns Lantern Sans to display, heading, body, body-small text; Ui Monospace to label text.

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

Turn your taste into hires.

Lantern Sans · 112px/107.52px · weight 460 · tracking -5.04px · color rgb(242, 240, 233) · preview scaled
heading

Taste. Market. Execution. One hiring manager, not three handoffs.

Lantern Sans · 74px/74px · weight 460 · tracking -2.96px · color rgb(242, 240, 233) · preview scaled
body

No separate ATS or sourcing tool is required for the workflow Lantern runs. Lantern owns…

Lantern Sans · 15px/25.5px · weight 420 · tracking -0.192px · color rgb(152, 149, 142)
body-small

Set how long recordings, transcripts and derived signals live. Deletion requests reach backups, not…

Lantern Sans · 14px/22.4px · weight 420 · tracking -0.192px · color rgb(200, 197, 189)
label

JUDGMENT

Ui Monospace · 10px/15.5px · weight 420 · tracking 1.1px · color rgb(152, 149, 142)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
32px
Container
20px
14px20px26px24px28px18px22px32px30px34px

Shape

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

Media
0px
Cards
0px
Buttons
0px
Inputs
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 6
Borders
1px solid rgb(41, 40, 38)1px solid rgb(255, 115, 88)1px solid rgba(255, 115, 89, 0.451)1px solid rgba(255, 115, 90, 0.278)2px solid rgb(138, 135, 129)
Shadows
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 0px 24px 70px 0px

Component grammar

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

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Visual led, left-aligned opening anchored by “Book a Demo”.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
visual-led
Alignment
left
Heading
Lantern Sans · 112px / 460
Media
video-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Static navigation with 11 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 7 properties
Text
#98958e
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Ui Monospace · 10px / 420
Position
static
Height
16px

Primary action

Conversion

1 observed

“Book a Demo” is the strongest first-viewport action by semantic intent and visual contrast.

Book a Demo
Inspect 6 properties
Background
#f2f0e9
Text
#111111
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 28px 0px 28px
Type
Lantern Sans · 16px / 520

Content card

Repeated content module

4 observed

4 style-matched content card instances were found among 11 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example content
Inspect 6 properties
Text
#f2f0e9
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
28px 28px 28px 28px
Type
Lantern Sans · 16px / 420
Candidate pool
11

Form control

Input and selection

2 observed

2 style-matched form control instances were found among 2 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example input
Inspect 6 properties
Text
#f2f0e9
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
20px 24px 20px 24px
Type
Lantern Sans · 22px / 420
Candidate pool
2

Media frame

Visual proof

2 observed

2 style-matched media elements were found among 25 rendered candidates; contain fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
contain, cover, fill
Ratios
4.47, 1.73, 2.89, 5.26, 4.13
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
25

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

15 visible actions close the page on a transparent surface.

Inspect 6 properties
Text
#807d76
Border
1px solid rgb(41, 40, 38)
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Ui Monospace · 10px / 420
Links
15

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 11 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Taste. Market. Execution. One hiring manager, not three handoffs, Fifteen minutes to learn your taste. And test it against reality, One role in. The full hiring loop runs.

Structure
Visual marquee narrative
Hero pattern
Visual marquee: imagery carries most of the opening surface
Grid
3 columns
Closing
Index footer with 15 actions
Full section sequence · 11
  1. Taste. Market. Execution. One hiring manager, not three handoffs.
  2. Fifteen minutes to learn your taste. And test it against reality.
  3. One role in. The full hiring loop runs.
  4. Every introduction earns its place.
  5. No ATS. No sourcing tool. One AI Hiring Manager.
  6. Run on candidate data. Built to be audited.
  7. Questions founders and HR leaders ask.
  8. Give Lantern the role. We’ll take it from here.
  9. Taste
  10. Talent Intelligence
  11. Execution

Imagery, motion & responsive

Imagery

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

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

Motion

12 declared keyframes and 10 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.16s, 0.01ms, 0.15s.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
cookie-consent-module__ySmu5W__enter, wave, pingdot, marquee, greetIn, drawStroke, orbit, riseIn, popIn, sweep, fade-up, fade-in
Durations
0.16s, 0.01ms, 0.15s
Easings
ease, ease-out, ease-out, cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1), ease, ease, ease, ease-out, ease, ease
States
hover, focus, transition-all, active, disabled

Mobile

Desktop navigation reduces from 11 visible actions to 4. Hero alignment changes from left to center; mobile heading size is 50.7px.

14 multi-column content regions remain on mobile.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #060606 canvas with #f2f0e9 primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use Lantern Sans at 112px/107.52px, weight 460, for the primary display moment.
  • Reserve the strongest first-viewport contrast for “Book a Demo” within the left-aligned visual-led hero.
  • Video led media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

Don’t

  • Do not mix in arbitrary radii; 0px is the repeated treatment on media.
  • Do not reuse the #f2f0e9 action color across decorative elements; keep its interactive emphasis selective.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond Lantern Sans and Ui Monospace.
  • Do not copy transition-all declarations; keep only purposeful transform or opacity motion.