diff --git a/web/app/globals.css b/web/app/globals.css
index cac36f74..9fbdbbea 100644
--- a/web/app/globals.css
+++ b/web/app/globals.css
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ a {
 
 @media (hover: hover) and (pointer: fine) {
   .btn-primary:hover {
-    background: var(--primary-500);
+    background: var(--primary-700);
     border-color: var(--primary-800);
   }
 }
diff --git a/web/app/landing.module.css b/web/app/landing.module.css
index 96f3746a..d4726ff3 100644
--- a/web/app/landing.module.css
+++ b/web/app/landing.module.css
@@ -1935,10 +1935,9 @@
   background: var(--agent-tools-band-bg);
 }
 
-/* The homepage hero's wash is a flat vertical fade: the animated backdrop
-   carries the hero, so no highlight competes with it. */
+/* A plain navy field keeps the homepage's message in focus. */
 .homeLanding::before {
-  background: linear-gradient(180deg, #10273a 0%, #13314a 52%, #0d2638 100%);
+  background: #0d2638;
 }
 
 /* Lift the page content above the hero wash. Targeted at the two content
diff --git a/web/components/InvestorStrip.tsx b/web/components/InvestorStrip.tsx
index a5c9d274..2232a032 100644
--- a/web/components/InvestorStrip.tsx
+++ b/web/components/InvestorStrip.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import s from './investor-strip.module.css';
 // and already web-ready, so they skip the /_next/image round trip too.
 const LOGO_IMAGE_PROPS = { loading: 'eager', unoptimized: true } as const;
 
-export function InvestorStrip() {
+export function InvestorStrip({ compact = false }: { compact?: boolean } = {}) {
   const logos = [
     <Image key="0" className={s.investorHustle} src="/investors/hustle-fund.svg" alt="Hustle Fund" {...LOGO_IMAGE_PROPS} width={205} height={27} />,
     <Image key="1" className={s.investorActive} src="/investors/active-capital.svg" alt="Active Capital" {...LOGO_IMAGE_PROPS} width={185} height={30} />,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function InvestorStrip() {
   ];
 
   return (
-    <section className={s.backers} aria-label="Agent Relay investors">
+    <section className={`${s.backers}${compact ? ` ${s.compact}` : ''}`} aria-label="Agent Relay investors">
       <p>Backed by</p>
       <div className={`${s.investorGroup} ${s.desktopInvestors}`}>{logos}</div>
       <div className={s.mobileInvestors} role="img" aria-label="Hustle Fund, Active Capital, Y Combinator, Cortical Ventures, and Yonder">
diff --git a/web/components/homepage/HomeHero.tsx b/web/components/homepage/HomeHero.tsx
index d43299c1..fa580b73 100644
--- a/web/components/homepage/HomeHero.tsx
+++ b/web/components/homepage/HomeHero.tsx
@@ -2,22 +2,20 @@ import type { CSSProperties } from 'react';
 
 import { InvestorStrip } from '../InvestorStrip';
 import { AgentIcons } from '../AgentSignup';
-import { HOME_HERO_DESCRIPTION, HOME_HERO_TITLE_LINES, HOME_SIGNUP_HREF } from '../../lib/home-copy';
-import { HeroBackdrop } from './HeroBackdrop';
+import { HOME_HERO_SUBTITLE, HOME_HERO_TITLE_LINES, HOME_SIGNUP_HREF } from '../../lib/home-copy';
 import s from '../../app/landing.module.css';
+import home from './home-hero.module.css';
 
 /**
  * The homepage hero: the two-line headline rising in, the description, one
- * sign-up button with the agent logos turning in it, and the backers, over a
- * faint animated backdrop of agents talking. The button is marked so the nav can show its
- * own once this one scrolls away.
+ * sign-up button and the backers on plain navy.
+ * The button is marked so the nav can show its own once this one scrolls away.
  */
 export function HomeHero() {
   return (
-    <div className={s.heroSection}>
-      <HeroBackdrop />
-      <section className={s.heroCenter}>
-        <div className={s.heroCenterColumn}>
+    <div className={`${s.heroSection} ${home.hero}`}>
+      <section className={`${s.heroCenter} ${home.copy}`}>
+        <div className={`${s.heroCenterColumn} ${home.content}`}>
           <h1 className={`${s.headline} ${s.heroCenterHeadline}`}>
             {HOME_HERO_TITLE_LINES.map((line, index) => (
               <span className={s.heroTitleLine} key={line}>
@@ -28,9 +26,9 @@ export function HomeHero() {
             ))}
           </h1>
 
-          <p className={`${s.subtitle} ${s.heroCenterSubtitle}`}>{HOME_HERO_DESCRIPTION}</p>
+          <p className={`${s.subtitle} ${s.heroCenterSubtitle}`}>{HOME_HERO_SUBTITLE}</p>
 
-          <div className={s.heroCenterCtas}>
+          <div className={`${s.heroCenterCtas} ${home.actions}`}>
             <a className={`${s.ctaPrimary} ${s.heroCta}`} href={HOME_SIGNUP_HREF} data-hero-signup="">
               <AgentIcons mono />
               Connect your agents for free
@@ -42,7 +40,7 @@ export function HomeHero() {
         </div>
       </section>
 
-      <InvestorStrip />
+      <InvestorStrip compact />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/web/components/homepage/RotatingHeadline.tsx b/web/components/homepage/RotatingHeadline.tsx
index 6e123bc7..d2f9b283 100644
--- a/web/components/homepage/RotatingHeadline.tsx
+++ b/web/components/homepage/RotatingHeadline.tsx
@@ -6,17 +6,20 @@ import { AGENT_TOOLS, type AgentTool } from '../home/AgentMarks';
 import { TypeScriptLogo } from '../home/icons';
 import s from './rotating-headline.module.css';
 
-type Tool = AgentTool | 'custom';
+type Tool = AgentTool | 'custom' | 'dots' | 'pi';
 
 /** The agents we work with, plus one built on our SDK. */
 const TOOLS: Record<Tool, { name: string; logo: ReactNode }> = {
   ...AGENT_TOOLS,
+  muse: { name: 'Muse', logo: <img src="/logos/muse-transparent.png" alt="" /> },
+  dots: { name: 'Dots', logo: <img src="/logos/dot.webp" alt="" /> },
+  pi: { name: 'Pi', logo: <img className={s.monoLogo} src="/logos/pi.svg" alt="" /> },
   custom: { name: 'your custom agent', logo: <TypeScriptLogo className={s.fill} /> },
 };
 
 /**
- * Each step swaps one side, and every pair keeps Claude Code or Codex on one
- * side: the other tools take turns talking to the two agents people know.
+ * Start with familiar coding agents, then mix in hosted assistants and
+ * cross-provider conversations as the rotation progresses.
  */
 const PAIRS: [Tool, Tool][] = [
   ['claude', 'codex'],
@@ -31,12 +34,21 @@ const PAIRS: [Tool, Tool][] = [
   ['opencode', 'codex'],
   ['opencode', 'claude'],
   ['grok', 'claude'],
+  ['dots', 'claude'],
+  ['dots', 'muse'],
+  ['muse', 'grokbot'],
+  ['muse', 'claude'],
+  ['pi', 'claude'],
+  ['pi', 'codex'],
   ['grok', 'codex'],
   ['custom', 'codex'],
   ['claude', 'codex'],
   ['claude', 'antigravity'],
   ['codex', 'antigravity'],
   ['codex', 'grokbot'],
+  ['codex', 'pi'],
+  ['claude', 'pi'],
+  ['claude', 'dots'],
   ['claude', 'grokbot'],
   ['claude', 'muse'],
   ['codex', 'muse'],
diff --git a/web/components/homepage/home-hero.module.css b/web/components/homepage/home-hero.module.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d14087f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/components/homepage/home-hero.module.css
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+.hero.hero {
+  --investor-strip-padding-top: 6rem;
+  padding-top: 28px;
+  padding-bottom: 24px;
+}
+
+.hero .copy {
+  padding-top: 64px;
+}
+
+.hero .content {
+  gap: 28px;
+}
+
+.hero .actions {
+  margin-top: 24px;
+}
+
+.hero .copy h1 {
+  font-size: clamp(42px, 6.2vw, 92px);
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+
+.hero .copy p {
+  max-width: 44ch;
+  margin-top: 16px;
+  text-wrap: balance;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 600px) {
+  .hero.hero {
+    --investor-strip-padding-top: 4.5rem;
+    padding-top: 16px;
+    padding-bottom: 16px;
+  }
+
+  .hero .copy {
+    padding-top: 48px;
+  }
+
+  .hero .content {
+    gap: 24px;
+  }
+
+  .hero .actions {
+    margin-top: 20px;
+  }
+
+  .hero .copy h1 {
+    font-size: 8.2vw;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/web/components/homepage/rotating-headline.module.css b/web/components/homepage/rotating-headline.module.css
index 11fabd10..c934634b 100644
--- a/web/components/homepage/rotating-headline.module.css
+++ b/web/components/homepage/rotating-headline.module.css
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@
   height: 100%;
 }
 
+.logo img {
+  object-fit: contain;
+}
+
+.monoLogo {
+  filter: brightness(0) invert(1);
+}
+
 .char {
   display: inline-block;
 }
diff --git a/web/components/investor-strip.module.css b/web/components/investor-strip.module.css
index 83e51f54..02a42542 100644
--- a/web/components/investor-strip.module.css
+++ b/web/components/investor-strip.module.css
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@
 .investorYonder svg { width: 25px; height: 25px; }
 .investorYonder strong { font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 720; letter-spacing: 0.015em; }
 
+/* A quieter investor row for the homepage hero. */
+.compact .investorGroup { gap: 1.25rem clamp(1.25rem, 3vw, 2.5rem); }
+.compact .investorHustle { width: 112px; }
+.compact .investorActive { width: 106px; }
+.compact .investorCortical { width: 116px; }
+.compact .investorYc,
+.compact .investorYonder { gap: 0.375rem; }
+.compact .investorYc > span { width: 22px; height: 22px; font-size: 17px; }
+.compact .investorYc strong { font-size: 13px; }
+.compact .investorYonder svg { width: 19px; height: 19px; }
+.compact .investorYonder strong { font-size: 0.75rem; }
+
 @media (max-width: 680px) {
   .backers { padding-bottom: 3rem; }
   .investorGroup { gap: 1.5rem 1.25rem; }
@@ -63,6 +75,9 @@
   .investorCortical { width: 130px; }
   .investorYc strong { font-size: 15px; }
   .investorYonder strong { font-size: 0.9rem; }
+  .compact .investorHustle { width: 100px; }
+  .compact .investorActive { width: 98px; }
+  .compact .investorCortical { width: 104px; }
 }
 
 @keyframes investorFade {
diff --git a/web/lib/home-copy.ts b/web/lib/home-copy.ts
index 405e1bd4..e84bdf58 100644
--- a/web/lib/home-copy.ts
+++ b/web/lib/home-copy.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@ export const HOME_HERO_TITLE = HOME_HERO_TITLE_LINES.join(' ');
 export const HOME_HERO_DESCRIPTION =
   'Your agents should talk to each other, just not through you. Connect your agents and your teammates’ agents so they can coordinate directly, without the copy-paste.';
 
+export const HOME_HERO_SUBTITLE =
+  'Connect your coding agents and your teammates’ agents. Let them coordinate directly.';
+
 /** Google sign-in that lands on the connect-your-agents page. */
 export const HOME_SIGNUP_HREF = teamsCloudUrl('/api/auth/google/start?next=%2Fteams%2Fconnect');
diff --git a/web/public/logos/dot.webp b/web/public/logos/dot.webp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd9aa8b6
Binary files /dev/null and b/web/public/logos/dot.webp differ
diff --git a/web/public/logos/muse-transparent.png b/web/public/logos/muse-transparent.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6fa7c1b4
Binary files /dev/null and b/web/public/logos/muse-transparent.png differ
diff --git a/web/public/logos/pi.svg b/web/public/logos/pi.svg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ce0ec25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/public/logos/pi.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="560" height="560" fill="none" viewBox="0 0 560 560">
+  <path fill="#111111" d="M420 280H280V140H0V0H420V280Z"/>
+  <path fill="#111111" d="M560 560H420V280H560V560Z"/>
+  <path fill="#111111" d="M140 560H0V140H140V280H280V420H140V560Z"/>
+</svg>