diff --git a/pitch-deck/components/slides/ArchitectureSlide.tsx b/pitch-deck/components/slides/ArchitectureSlide.tsx
index 6c972ec..a14175a 100644
--- a/pitch-deck/components/slides/ArchitectureSlide.tsx
+++ b/pitch-deck/components/slides/ArchitectureSlide.tsx
@@ -39,30 +39,31 @@ interface ConnDef {
   from: NodeId
   to: NodeId
   type: ConnType
-  d: string      // SVG path in viewBox "0 0 1100 420" — right-angle only
+  d: string      // SVG path in viewBox "0 0 1100 480" — right-angle only
   revD?: string
 }
 
 // All right-angle paths — safe with preserveAspectRatio="none" + vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke"
+// viewBox: 0 0 1100 480  |  app y=106  gateway y=240  inference y=384
 const CONNS: ConnDef[] = [
   { from: 'certifai', to: 'litellm', type: 'api',
-    d: 'M 195 105 L 195 158 L 522 158 L 522 210' },
+    d: 'M 195 106 L 195 178 L 522 178 L 522 240' },
   { from: 'complai',  to: 'litellm', type: 'api',
-    d: 'M 550 105 L 550 210' },
+    d: 'M 550 106 L 550 240' },
   { from: 'scanner',  to: 'litellm', type: 'api',
-    d: 'M 905 105 L 905 158 L 578 158 L 578 210' },
+    d: 'M 905 106 L 905 178 L 578 178 L 578 240' },
   { from: 'complai',  to: 'scanner', type: 'mcp',
-    d: 'M 550 105 Q 727 52 905 105',
-    revD: 'M 905 105 Q 727 52 550 105' },
+    d: 'M 550 106 Q 727 55 905 106',
+    revD: 'M 905 106 Q 727 55 550 106' },
   { from: 'litellm',  to: 'llm',        type: 'api',
-    d: 'M 550 210 L 550 268 L 218 268 L 218 340' },
+    d: 'M 550 240 L 550 308 L 218 308 L 218 384' },
   { from: 'litellm',  to: 'embeddings', type: 'embed',
-    d: 'M 550 210 L 550 340' },
+    d: 'M 550 240 L 550 384' },
   { from: 'litellm',  to: 'tools',      type: 'tool',
-    d: 'M 550 210 L 550 268 L 882 268 L 882 340' },
+    d: 'M 550 240 L 550 308 L 882 308 L 882 384' },
 ]
 
-// cx = svgX/1100*100, cy = svgY/420*100  (exact match between SVG coords and CSS %)
+// cx = svgX/1100*100, cy = svgY/480*100  (exact match between SVG coords and CSS %)
 function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
   return [
     {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'GenAI Mandantenportal' : 'GenAI Tenant Portal',
       color: '#c084fc', twColor: 'text-purple-400',
       twBorder: 'border-purple-500/50', twBg: 'bg-purple-500/10', twDot: 'bg-purple-400',
-      cx: 17.7, cy: 25, tier: 'product',
+      cx: 17.7, cy: 22.1, tier: 'product',
       badge: 'Rust · Dioxus',
       tech: ['Rust', 'Dioxus', 'MongoDB', 'Keycloak', 'SearXNG', 'LangGraph'],
       services: [
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'Compliance & Audit' : 'Compliance & Audit',
       color: '#818cf8', twColor: 'text-indigo-400',
       twBorder: 'border-indigo-500/50', twBg: 'bg-indigo-500/10', twDot: 'bg-indigo-400',
-      cx: 50, cy: 25, tier: 'product',
+      cx: 50, cy: 22.1, tier: 'product',
       badge: 'Next.js · FastAPI',
       tech: ['Next.js 15', 'FastAPI', 'Go/Gin', 'PostgreSQL', 'Qdrant', 'Valkey'],
       services: [
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'Code-Sicherheit' : 'Code Security',
       color: '#34d399', twColor: 'text-emerald-400',
       twBorder: 'border-emerald-500/50', twBg: 'bg-emerald-500/10', twDot: 'bg-emerald-400',
-      cx: 82.3, cy: 25, tier: 'product',
+      cx: 82.3, cy: 22.1, tier: 'product',
       badge: 'Rust · Axum',
       tech: ['Rust', 'Axum', 'MongoDB', 'Semgrep', 'Gitleaks', 'Syft'],
       services: [
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'Lokale Sprachmodelle' : 'Local Language Models',
       color: '#60a5fa', twColor: 'text-blue-400',
       twBorder: 'border-blue-500/50', twBg: 'bg-blue-500/10', twDot: 'bg-blue-400',
-      cx: 17.7, cy: 81, tier: 'inference',
+      cx: 17.7, cy: 80, tier: 'inference',
       badge: 'On-Premise · BSI',
       tech: ['Qwen3-32B', 'Qwen3-Coder-30B', 'DeepSeek-R1-8B', 'Ollama'],
       services: [
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'Semantische Suche' : 'Semantic Search',
       color: '#a78bfa', twColor: 'text-violet-400',
       twBorder: 'border-violet-500/50', twBg: 'bg-violet-500/10', twDot: 'bg-violet-400',
-      cx: 50, cy: 81, tier: 'inference',
+      cx: 50, cy: 80, tier: 'inference',
       badge: de ? 'EU-Souverän' : 'EU Sovereign',
       tech: ['bge-m3', 'Qdrant Vector DB', 'Sentence-Transformers'],
       services: [
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ function getNodes(de: boolean): NodeDef[] {
       subtitle: de ? 'Web-Suche & MCP' : 'Web Search & MCP',
       color: '#2dd4bf', twColor: 'text-teal-400',
       twBorder: 'border-teal-500/50', twBg: 'bg-teal-500/10', twDot: 'bg-teal-400',
-      cx: 82.3, cy: 81, tier: 'inference',
+      cx: 82.3, cy: 80, tier: 'inference',
       badge: de ? 'EU-Souverän' : 'EU Sovereign',
       tech: ['SearXNG', 'MCP Protocol', 'Semgrep API', 'Gitleaks API'],
       services: [
@@ -377,10 +378,10 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
     ? ['Mandant A', 'Mandant B', 'Mandant C', 'Mandant N…']
     : ['Namespace A', 'Namespace B', 'Namespace C', 'Namespace N…']
 
-  // Tier separator positions (% of 420px container height)
-  // App: 0–38.1% (y=0–160), Gateway: 38.1–64.3% (y=160–270), Inference: 64.3–100%
-  const SEP1 = '38.1%'
-  const SEP2 = '64.3%'
+  // Tier separator positions (% of 480px container height)
+  // App: 0–36% (y=0–173), Gateway: 36–65% (y=173–312), Inference: 65–100%
+  const SEP1 = '36%'
+  const SEP2 = '65%'
 
   return (
     <div className="space-y-3">
@@ -410,11 +411,10 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
               {tn}
             </span>
           ))}
-          <div className="flex-1 h-px bg-gradient-to-r from-white/10 to-transparent ml-1" />
         </div>
 
         {/* ── METRO MAP ──────────────────────────────────────────────── */}
-        <div className="relative w-full rounded-xl overflow-hidden" style={{ height: '420px' }}>
+        <div className="relative w-full rounded-xl overflow-hidden" style={{ height: '480px' }}>
 
           {/* Background */}
           <div className="absolute inset-0"
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
           <div className="absolute inset-x-0 top-0 pointer-events-none"
             style={{ height: SEP1, background: 'rgba(129,140,248,0.028)' }} />
           <div className="absolute inset-x-0 pointer-events-none"
-            style={{ top: SEP1, height: '26.2%', background: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.032)' }} />
+            style={{ top: SEP1, height: '29%', background: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.032)' }} />
           <div className="absolute inset-x-0 pointer-events-none"
             style={{ top: SEP2, bottom: 0, background: 'rgba(96,165,250,0.022)' }} />
 
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
                 {de ? 'ANWENDUNG' : 'APP LAYER'}
               </span>
             </div>
-            <div className="flex items-center justify-center" style={{ height: '26.2%' }}>
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-center" style={{ height: '29%' }}>
               <span className="text-[6.5px] font-mono tracking-[0.22em] uppercase"
                 style={{ writingMode: 'vertical-rl', transform: 'rotate(180deg)', color: 'rgba(251,191,36,0.38)' }}>
                 GATEWAY
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
           {/* BSI badges — right strip */}
           <div className="absolute right-0 top-0 bottom-0 w-20 flex flex-col pointer-events-none select-none" style={{ zIndex: 2 }}>
             <div style={{ height: SEP1 }} />
-            <div className="flex items-center justify-end pr-2" style={{ height: '26.2%' }}>
+            <div className="flex items-center justify-end pr-2" style={{ height: '29%' }}>
               <div className="flex items-center gap-1 opacity-45">
                 <BadgeCheck className="w-2.5 h-2.5 text-amber-400" />
                 <span className="text-[6.5px] font-mono tracking-wider text-amber-400">BSI DC</span>
@@ -494,40 +494,40 @@ export default function ArchitectureSlide({ lang }: ArchitectureSlideProps) {
 
           {/* ── SVG: metro tracks + animated data flows ── */}
           <svg className="absolute inset-0 w-full h-full pointer-events-none"
-            viewBox="0 0 1100 420" preserveAspectRatio="none">
+            viewBox="0 0 1100 480" preserveAspectRatio="none">
 
-            {/* Horizontal metro line — Application layer (y=105) */}
-            <line x1="165" y1="105" x2="935" y2="105"
+            {/* Horizontal metro line — Application layer (y=106) */}
+            <line x1="165" y1="106" x2="935" y2="106"
               stroke="rgba(129,140,248,0.14)" strokeWidth="4"
               vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
             {/* Station tick marks on app line */}
             {[195, 550, 905].map(x => (
-              <line key={x} x1={x} y1="97" x2={x} y2="113"
+              <line key={x} x1={x} y1="98" x2={x} y2="114"
                 stroke="rgba(129,140,248,0.45)" strokeWidth="2"
                 vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
             ))}
 
-            {/* Horizontal metro line — Inference layer (y=340) */}
-            <line x1="165" y1="340" x2="935" y2="340"
+            {/* Horizontal metro line — Inference layer (y=384) */}
+            <line x1="165" y1="384" x2="935" y2="384"
               stroke="rgba(96,165,250,0.14)" strokeWidth="4"
               vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
             {/* Station tick marks on inference line */}
             {[195, 550, 905].map(x => (
-              <line key={x} x1={x} y1="332" x2={x} y2="348"
+              <line key={x} x1={x} y1="376" x2={x} y2="392"
                 stroke="rgba(96,165,250,0.45)" strokeWidth="2"
                 vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
             ))}
 
             {/* Gateway stub lines (short horizontal stubs from hub) */}
-            <line x1="440" y1="210" x2="660" y2="210"
+            <line x1="440" y1="240" x2="660" y2="240"
               stroke="rgba(251,191,36,0.10)" strokeWidth="3"
               vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />
 
             {/* Junction corner dots */}
             {[
-              { cx: 195, cy: 158 }, { cx: 522, cy: 158 },
-              { cx: 905, cy: 158 }, { cx: 578, cy: 158 },
-              { cx: 218, cy: 268 }, { cx: 550, cy: 268 }, { cx: 882, cy: 268 },
+              { cx: 195, cy: 178 }, { cx: 522, cy: 178 },
+              { cx: 905, cy: 178 }, { cx: 578, cy: 178 },
+              { cx: 218, cy: 308 }, { cx: 550, cy: 308 }, { cx: 882, cy: 308 },
             ].map(({ cx, cy }) => (
               <circle key={`${cx}-${cy}`} cx={cx} cy={cy} r="3.5"
                 fill="rgba(160,170,200,0.22)" vectorEffect="non-scaling-stroke" />