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B2B · YC Summer 2026

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Automated design study · full homepage

Light, center-aligned stacked product story with sharp geometry and image-led proof.

Tenor | Build AI-native service businesses opens with “The infrastructure for the next generation of businesses built around AI.” in a center-aligned stacked hero.
Evidence & method · 1 capture note
Source
https://heytenor.com/
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.
  • 5 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

2026-09-08 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Tenor hero homepage design evidence. Visible section: The infrastructure for the next generation of businesses built around AI.
Hero1600 × 1000
Tenor mid-page homepage design evidence. Visible section: Checkpoints + controls · Every outcome improves what happens next.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Tenor closing homepage design evidence. Visible section: Build your company around AI.
Closing1600 × 1000
Tenor mobile homepage design evidence. Visible section: The infrastructure for the next generation of businesses built around AI.
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
stacked · center
Surface
light
Density
sparse
Content width
1312px
Confidence
medium
Primary action
Request access ↗

Color system

Light 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 240.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 127.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 91.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground; its canvas-reference contrast is 3.0:1 and may rely on a local hero surface.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 8.0:1.
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 Instrument Sans to display, heading, body text; IBM Plex 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

The infrastructure for the next generation of businesses built around AI.

Instrument Sans · 67.2px/61.152px · weight 400 · tracking -4.368px · color rgb(143, 142, 137)
heading

Build your company around AI.

Instrument Sans · 92.8px/94.656px · weight 400 · tracking -6.032px · color rgb(247, 246, 242) · preview scaled
body

Tenor enables domain experts to build, run, and scale AI-native service businesses.

Instrument Sans · 18.88px/28.32px · weight 400 · tracking -0.3776px · color rgba(16, 16, 15, 0.741)
body-small

03 / Governance Checkpoints + controls Rubrics Permissions Approvals Exceptions

IBM Plex Mono · 10.24px/12.8px · weight 500 · tracking 0.9216px · color rgb(111, 111, 107)
label

Context

IBM Plex Mono · 9.92px/9.92px · weight 500 · tracking 0.7936px · color rgb(111, 111, 107)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
52px
Container
24px
10px24px8px28px12px52px48px64px7px18px

Shape

Sharp geometry is the dominant shape voice. Separation relies on borders and surface contrast rather than shadow.

Media
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 3
Borders
1px solid rgba(19, 19, 12, 0.161)1px solid rgba(245, 245, 240, 0.200)
Shadows
None observed

Component grammar

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

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Stacked, center-aligned opening anchored by “Request access ↗”.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
stacked
Alignment
center
Heading
Instrument Sans · 67.2px / 400
Media
image-led

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Static navigation with 5 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 7 properties
Text
#10100f
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
Instrument Sans · 16px / 400
Position
static
Height
31px

Primary action

Conversion

1 observed

“Request access ↗” is the strongest first-viewport action by semantic intent and visual contrast.

Request access ↗
Inspect 6 properties
Background
#10100f
Text
#f7f6f2
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 20px 0px 20px
Type
IBM Plex Mono · 10.88px / 500

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
1.88, 2.78, 1.21
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
4

Footer

Closing navigation

1 observed

6 visible actions close the page on a #10100f surface.

Inspect 7 properties
Background
#10100f
Text
#f7f6f2
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
72px 0px 28px 0px
Type
Instrument Sans · 16px / 400
Links
6

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 8 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Context. Work. Control. Learning, Every outcome improves what happens next, The system learns what to do next.

Structure
Stacked product narrative
Hero pattern
Stacked hero: message leads into visual proof within the opening
Grid
1 column
Closing
Utility footer with 6 actions
Full section sequence · 8
  1. Context. Work. Control. Learning.
  2. Every outcome improves what happens next.
  3. The system learns what to do next.
  4. Build your company around AI.
  5. Company data layer
  6. Reason Create Act
  7. Harness + workflows
  8. Checkpoints + controls

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
4 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

0 declared keyframes and 2 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 180ms, 260ms, 0.01ms.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
None identified
Durations
180ms, 260ms, 0.01ms, 820ms
Easings
ease, ease, ease, cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1), ease, ease, ease
States
focus, hover

Mobile

Desktop navigation reduces from 5 visible actions to 3. Hero remains center-aligned; mobile heading size is 33.15px.

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

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #f7f5f1 canvas with #8f8e89 primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use Instrument Sans at 67.2px/61.152px, weight 400, for the primary display moment.
  • Reserve the strongest first-viewport contrast for “Request access ↗” within the center-aligned stacked hero.
  • Image 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 #10100f action color across decorative elements; keep its interactive emphasis selective.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond Instrument Sans and IBM Plex Mono.
  • Do not add card shadows; the source separates content without repeated elevation.