diff --git a/app/(pre-dashboard)/(landing)/sections/Sponsors.tsx b/app/(pre-dashboard)/(landing)/sections/Sponsors.tsx
index 61a351a..444b6fa 100644
--- a/app/(pre-dashboard)/(landing)/sections/Sponsors.tsx
+++ b/app/(pre-dashboard)/(landing)/sections/Sponsors.tsx
@@ -1,53 +1,52 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import Image from 'next/image';
-import Link from 'next/link';
 export default async function Sponsors() {
-  const sponsors = [
-    '/sponsors/wakefern2.png',
-    '/sponsors/cloudflare.png',
-    '/sponsors/Pure-Buttons-Blue-Gradient-Logo-RGB.png',
-    '/sponsors/RNBCES_H_RED_BLACK_RGB.png',
-    '/sponsors/GoogleCloud.png',
-    '/sponsors/nexos-ai-logo-MAIN-black-horizontal.png',
-    '/sponsors/RHNIC_RED_WHITE_RBG.png',
-    '/sponsors/saily-logo-yellow_2.png',
-    '/sponsors/NordVPN_Logo_RGB_Primary_Blue_Black.png',
-    '/sponsors/Bloomberg_Engineering_black.png',
-    '/sponsors/nord1.png',
-    '/sponsors/nord2.png',
-    '/sponsors/nord3.png',
-  ];
-
-  const sponsorsLinks = [
-    'https://www2.wakefern.com/',
-    'https://www.cloudflare.com/',
-    'https://www.purebuttons.com/',
-    'https://careers.rutgers.edu/',
-    'https://cloud.google.com/',
-    'https://nexos.ai/',
-    'https://brainhealthinstitute.rutgers.edu/',
-    'https://saily.com/',
-    'https://nordvpn.com/',
-    'https://www.bloomberg.com/company/what-we-do/engineering-cto/',
-    'https://nordprotect.com/',
-    'https://nordpass.com/',
-    'https://incogni.com/',
-    '',
+  const sponsorSlots = [
+    {
+      name: 'Pure Buttons',
+      image: '/sponsors/Pure-Buttons-Blue-Gradient-Logo-RGB.png',
+      href: 'https://www.purebuttons.com/',
+    },
+    null,
+    null,
+    null,
+    null,
+    null,
   ];
 
   return (
     <div className="relative z-10 mb-20 flex w-full justify-center px-6">
-      {/* empty board - none confirmed yet. The lists above are kept so the
-          grid is one map away when they are. */}
       <div
-        className="w-full max-w-3xl rounded-3xl"
-        // inline: the JIT never emitted bg-[#5B6660]/85 and this went transparent
+        className="w-full max-w-3xl rounded-3xl p-8"
         style={{
           aspectRatio: '4 / 3',
           backgroundColor: 'rgba(91,102,96,0.85)',
         }}
-        aria-label="Sponsors to be announced"
-      />
+      >
+        <div className="grid h-full w-full grid-cols-2 grid-rows-3 gap-x-8 gap-y-4">
+          {sponsorSlots.map((sponsor, index) => (
+            <div key={index} className="relative min-h-0 min-w-0">
+              {sponsor && (
+                <a
+                  href={sponsor.href}
+                  target="_blank"
+                  rel="noopener noreferrer"
+                  aria-label={`Visit ${sponsor.name}`}
+                  className="relative block h-full w-full transition-transform hover:scale-105"
+                >
+                  <Image
+                    src={sponsor.image}
+                    alt={sponsor.name}
+                    fill
+                    sizes="(min-width: 768px) 360px, 40vw"
+                    className="object-contain"
+                  />
+                </a>
+              )}
+            </div>
+          ))}
+        </div>
+      </div>
     </div>
   );
 }