The geometry looks really good actually. I’m surprised ‘cos it looks a bit short and high in the pics.
The geometry makes more sense than the 29er, 2 deg slacker SA means the saddle is in about the same place with an inline dropper as it would be with a layback post.
But that should manifest as about 20mm on the top tube (which it does, 16mm). So how has it also gained 28mm on the reach, it should net about zero unless the offset from BB to ST is vastly different (it doesn’t look like it).
The 29er was criticized for being quite short so it make sense to make the new one longer, just the number doesn’t look ‘right’.