diff --git a/web/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx b/web/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
index 41ec4c6..959a33b 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
+++ b/web/src/pages/LandingPage.jsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const stats = [
   { value: "47", suffix: "s", label: "Avg time to diagnose" },
   { value: "1,240", suffix: "+", label: "Faults resolved" },
   { value: "12", suffix: "x", label: "Faster than manual triage" },
+  { value: "0", suffix: "", label: "Data leakage" },
 ];
 
 function useInView(threshold = 0.15) {
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
   const [pipelineRef, pipelineVisible] = useInView(0.1);
   const [featuresRef, featuresVisible] = useInView(0.1);
   const [stepsRef, stepsVisible] = useInView(0.1);
+  const [problemsRef, problemsVisible] = useInView(0.1);
 
   return (
     <div className={styles.page}>
@@ -131,7 +133,28 @@ export default function LandingPage() {
         <div className={styles.heroCorner} />
       </section>
 
-      {/* ── Stats ── */}
+      <section className={styles.problemsSection} id="problems">
+        <div className={styles.problemsInner}>
+          <div className={styles.problemsLeft}>
+            <h2 className={styles.problemsHeadline}>The Hidden Cost of Legacy Downtime</h2>
+          </div>
+          <div className={styles.problemsRight} ref={problemsRef}>
+            <div className={`${styles.problemCard} ${styles.fadeUp} ${problemsVisible ? styles.fadeUpVisible : ""}`} style={{ transitionDelay: "0ms" }}>
+              <h3>Hours lost to manual searches</h3>
+              <p>Technicians waste hours digging though dusty, 500 page physical manuals or fragmented PDFs to translate a single PLC fault code.</p>
+            </div>
+            <div className={`${styles.problemCard} ${styles.fadeUp} ${problemsVisible ? styles.fadeUpVisible : ""}`} style={{ transitionDelay: "150ms" }}>
+              <h3>The tribal knowledge expiry</h3>
+              <p>Critical maintenance workarounds live only in the heads of senior engineers. When they retire or exit the plant floor, operational wisdom is permanently lost.</p>
+            </div>
+            <div className={`${styles.problemCard} ${styles.fadeUp} ${problemsVisible ? styles.fadeUpVisible : ""}`} style={{ transitionDelay: "300ms" }}>
+              <h3>Trilingual friction</h3>
+              <p>Mismatches between machine logs, manufacturer documentation, and technician field languages (English, French, Arabic) create costly communication bottlenecks.</p>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </section>
+
       <section className={styles.statsSection} ref={statsRef}>
         <div className={styles.statsInner}>
           {stats.map((s, i) => (
diff --git a/web/src/pages/LandingPage.module.css b/web/src/pages/LandingPage.module.css
index f462951..16b314c 100644
--- a/web/src/pages/LandingPage.module.css
+++ b/web/src/pages/LandingPage.module.css
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 .hero {
   position: relative;
-  padding: 140px 24px 120px;
+  padding: 80px 24px 160px;
   text-align: center;
   overflow: hidden;
   isolation: isolate;
@@ -203,11 +203,9 @@
   background: var(--surface);
 }
 
-/* ── Stats bar ── */
 
 .statsSection {
   padding: 0 24px;
-  margin-top: -20px;
   position: relative;
   z-index: 2;
 }
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@
   max-width: 1000px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
   gap: 0;
   background: var(--surface);
   border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
@@ -257,6 +255,7 @@
 .statVisible:nth-child(2) { transition-delay: 100ms; }
 .statVisible:nth-child(3) { transition-delay: 200ms; }
 .statVisible:nth-child(4) { transition-delay: 300ms; }
+.statVisible:nth-child(5) { transition-delay: 400ms; }
 
 .statValue {
   font-family: "ALTGumbo", system-ui, sans-serif;
@@ -284,13 +283,11 @@
   transition: color 0.35s;
 }
 
-/* ── Pipeline section ── */
 
 .pipelineSection {
   padding: 96px 0;
 }
 
-/* ── Features section ── */
 
 .featuresSection {
   padding: 96px 0;
@@ -304,7 +301,6 @@
   gap: 24px;
 }
 
-/* ── How it works section ── */
 
 .howSection {
   padding: 96px 0;
@@ -329,7 +325,6 @@
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 0;
   position: relative;
-  padding-left: 20px;
 }
 
 .steps::before {
@@ -392,7 +387,6 @@
   transition: color 0.35s;
 }
 
-/* ── CTA section ── */
 
 .ctaSection {
   padding: 120px 24px;
@@ -438,7 +432,6 @@
   transition: color 0.35s;
 }
 
-/* ── Fade-up animation ── */
 
 .fadeUp {
   opacity: 0;
@@ -450,3 +443,87 @@
   opacity: 1;
   transform: translateY(0);
 }
+
+
+.problemsSection {
+  padding: 120px 24px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.problemsInner {
+  max-width: 1200px;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 80px;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+
+.problemsLeft {
+  flex: 1;
+  position: sticky;
+  top: 140px;
+  max-width: 480px;
+}
+
+.problemsHeadline {
+  font-family: "ALTGumbo", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 48px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1.1;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  margin: 0;
+  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
+  transition: color 0.35s;
+}
+
+.problemsRight {
+  flex: 1;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 32px;
+}
+
+.problemCard {
+  background: var(--surface);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+  padding: 40px;
+  border-radius: 16px;
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
+  transition: transform 0.3s ease, box-shadow 0.3s ease, background 0.35s, border-color 0.35s;
+}
+
+.problemCard:hover {
+  transform: translateY(-4px);
+  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
+}
+
+.problemCard h3 {
+  font-family: "ALTGumbo", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: 700;
+  color: var(--text-primary);
+  margin: 0 0 16px;
+  transition: color 0.35s;
+}
+
+.problemCard p {
+  color: var(--text-muted);
+  font-family: "ALTGumbo", system-ui, sans-serif;
+  font-size: 16px;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+  margin: 0;
+  transition: color 0.35s;
+}
+
+@media (max-width: 900px) {
+  .problemsInner {
+    flex-direction: column;
+    gap: 48px;
+  }
+  .problemsLeft {
+    position: relative;
+    top: 0;
+    max-width: 100%;
+  }
+}
+