diff --git a/landing/components/sections/bento.tsx b/landing/components/sections/bento.tsx
index 97025b98..9aa5006a 100644
--- a/landing/components/sections/bento.tsx
+++ b/landing/components/sections/bento.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Container } from "../ui/container";
 import { Reveal } from "../ui/reveal";
 import { Eyebrow } from "../ui/eyebrow";
 import { SectionHeading } from "../ui/section-heading";
+import { ArtStage } from "../ui/art-stage";
 import { featureSections, type FeatureSection } from "../../lib/landing-content";
 
 // Explicit order + column spans so the cells pack into full 12-column rows.
@@ -39,17 +40,13 @@ function BentoCard({ feature, span }: { feature: FeatureSection; span: string })
         <h3 className="text-xl font-medium tracking-[-0.02em] text-[var(--text)]">{feature.title}</h3>
         <p className="max-w-[46ch] text-sm leading-relaxed text-[var(--muted)]">{feature.description}</p>
       </div>
-      <div className="relative mt-6 overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-[var(--border)] bg-[var(--panel-illustration)] shadow-[0_18px_50px_-24px_rgba(10,29,8,0.28)]">
-        <img
-          src={feature.image}
-          alt={feature.imageAlt}
-          width={2400}
-          height={1500}
-          loading="lazy"
-          decoding="async"
-          className="block aspect-[16/10] w-full object-cover object-top transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-[1.02]"
-        />
-      </div>
+      <ArtStage
+        src={feature.image}
+        alt={feature.imageAlt}
+        className="mt-6"
+        stageClassName="flex aspect-[16/10] items-center justify-center p-4 sm:p-5"
+        contentClassName="max-h-full w-auto max-w-full object-contain transition-transform duration-500 group-hover:scale-[1.02]"
+      />
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/landing/components/sections/hero.tsx b/landing/components/sections/hero.tsx
index 94fe9dec..f1e86cee 100644
--- a/landing/components/sections/hero.tsx
+++ b/landing/components/sections/hero.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Container } from "../ui/container";
 import { Badge } from "../ui/badge";
 import { Button } from "../ui/button";
-import { MediaFrame } from "../ui/media-frame";
+import { ArtStage } from "../ui/art-stage";
 import { landingHeroNarrative } from "../../lib/product-narrative";
 
 export function Hero() {
@@ -52,25 +52,13 @@ export function Hero() {
           </p>
         </div>
 
-        <div className="enter-rise relative mt-14 md:mt-20" style={{ animationDelay: "0.3s" }}>
-          <div
-            aria-hidden="true"
-            className="pointer-events-none absolute -inset-x-8 -top-10 bottom-0"
-            style={{
-              filter: "blur(52px)",
-              background:
-                "radial-gradient(55% 45% at 50% 22%, var(--aurora-mint) 0%, transparent 70%)," +
-                "radial-gradient(45% 40% at 22% 65%, var(--aurora-teal) 0%, transparent 72%)," +
-                "radial-gradient(45% 42% at 80% 60%, var(--aurora-lime) 0%, transparent 72%)",
-            }}
+        <div className="enter-rise mt-14 md:mt-20" style={{ animationDelay: "0.3s" }}>
+          <ArtStage
+            src="/images/dashboard.webp"
+            alt="AgentCompany desktop dashboard showing the quarter goal, budget, agent workload, and recent runs"
+            priority
+            stageClassName="p-5 sm:p-8 md:p-12 lg:p-14"
           />
-          <div className="relative z-10">
-            <MediaFrame
-              src="/images/dashboard.webp"
-              alt="AgentCompany desktop dashboard showing the quarter goal, budget, agent workload, and recent runs"
-              priority
-            />
-          </div>
         </div>
       </Container>
     </section>
diff --git a/landing/components/ui/art-stage.tsx b/landing/components/ui/art-stage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01d13093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/landing/components/ui/art-stage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Fractal-noise film grain (inline data URI, allowed by img-src 'self' data:).
+const GRAIN =
+  "url(\"data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='120' height='120'%3E%3Cfilter id='n'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.85' numOctaves='3' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='120' height='120' filter='url(%23n)'/%3E%3C/svg%3E\")";
+
+const AURORA_WASH =
+  "radial-gradient(60% 55% at 26% 16%, var(--aurora-mint) 0%, transparent 62%)," +
+  "radial-gradient(52% 52% at 84% 84%, var(--aurora-teal) 0%, transparent 60%)," +
+  "radial-gradient(46% 48% at 60% 50%, var(--aurora-lime) 0%, transparent 66%)";
+
+/** Ambient color wash derived from `ambientSrc`, given the src's own path. */
+export function ambientFor(src: string): string {
+  return src.replace("/images/", "/images/ambient/");
+}
+
+/**
+ * A product screenshot floating over an atmospheric wash painted from its own
+ * colours (a heavily blurred thumbnail), plus the aurora and a fine film grain.
+ */
+export function ArtStage({
+  src,
+  alt,
+  priority = false,
+  className = "",
+  stageClassName = "p-5 sm:p-8 md:p-10",
+  contentClassName = "w-full",
+}: {
+  src: string;
+  alt: string;
+  priority?: boolean;
+  className?: string;
+  stageClassName?: string;
+  contentClassName?: string;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <div className={`relative isolate overflow-hidden rounded-2xl border border-[var(--border)] ${className}`}>
+      <img
+        src={ambientFor(src)}
+        alt=""
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        className="absolute inset-0 -z-10 h-full w-full scale-125 object-cover opacity-75 blur-3xl saturate-[1.7]"
+      />
+      <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute inset-0 -z-10" style={{ background: AURORA_WASH }} />
+      <div
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        className="absolute inset-0 -z-10"
+        style={{ background: "linear-gradient(150deg, rgba(94,236,151,0.16) 0%, transparent 42%, rgba(45,212,191,0.12) 100%)" }}
+      />
+      <div aria-hidden="true" className="absolute inset-0 -z-10 bg-[var(--bg)]/28" />
+      <div
+        aria-hidden="true"
+        className="absolute inset-0 -z-10 opacity-[0.14] mix-blend-overlay"
+        style={{ backgroundImage: GRAIN }}
+      />
+      <div className={`relative ${stageClassName}`}>
+        <img
+          src={src}
+          alt={alt}
+          width={2400}
+          height={1600}
+          loading={priority ? "eager" : "lazy"}
+          decoding="async"
+          fetchPriority={priority ? "high" : "auto"}
+          className={`block rounded-lg border border-black/5 shadow-[0_30px_80px_-28px_rgba(10,29,8,0.5)] md:rounded-xl ${contentClassName}`}
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/landing/components/ui/media-frame.tsx b/landing/components/ui/media-frame.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 51543a81..00000000
--- a/landing/components/ui/media-frame.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/** Framed product screenshot panel: rounded, bordered, soft shadow on the page. */
-export function MediaFrame({
-  src,
-  alt,
-  priority = false,
-  className = "",
-}: {
-  src: string;
-  alt: string;
-  priority?: boolean;
-  className?: string;
-}) {
-  return (
-    <div
-      className={`overflow-hidden rounded-xl border border-[var(--border)] bg-[var(--panel-illustration)] shadow-[0_24px_70px_-28px_rgba(10,29,8,0.3)] md:rounded-2xl ${className}`}
-    >
-      <img
-        src={src}
-        alt={alt}
-        width={2400}
-        height={1600}
-        loading={priority ? "eager" : "lazy"}
-        decoding="async"
-        fetchPriority={priority ? "high" : "auto"}
-        className="block h-auto w-full"
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-}
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