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backend/.env.example

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+# Copy this file to `.env` and fill in real values.
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=replace-me-with-a-50-char-random-string
+DJANGO_DEBUG=True
+DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1
+DATABASE_URL=postgres://risingcompute:change-this-password@127.0.0.1:5432/risingcompute
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS=http://localhost:5173,http://127.0.0.1:5173
+NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO=contact@risingcompute.in

backend/api/admin.py

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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+from .models import (
+    BlogPost,
+    ContactSubmission,
+    Founder,
+    JobApplication,
+    JobOpening,
+    NewsletterSignup,
+    Product,
+)
+
+
+@admin.register(Product)
+class ProductAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("name", "category", "is_published", "sort_order", "updated_at")
+    list_filter = ("category", "is_published")
+    search_fields = ("name", "tagline", "slug")
+    prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("name",)}
+
+
+@admin.register(Founder)
+class FounderAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("name", "role", "is_published", "sort_order")
+    list_filter = ("is_published",)
+    search_fields = ("name", "role")
+
+
+@admin.register(BlogPost)
+class BlogPostAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("title", "category", "author_name", "is_published", "published_at")
+    list_filter = ("category", "is_published")
+    search_fields = ("title", "excerpt", "body")
+    prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
+    date_hierarchy = "published_at"
+
+
+@admin.register(JobOpening)
+class JobOpeningAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("title", "location", "employment_type", "is_open", "posted_at")
+    list_filter = ("location", "is_open")
+    search_fields = ("title", "description")
+    prepopulated_fields = {"slug": ("title",)}
+
+
+@admin.register(ContactSubmission)
+class ContactSubmissionAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("name", "email", "interest", "company", "created_at")
+    list_filter = ("interest", "created_at")
+    search_fields = ("name", "email", "company", "message")
+    readonly_fields = (
+        "name",
+        "email",
+        "company",
+        "role",
+        "country",
+        "interest",
+        "message",
+        "referrer",
+        "user_agent",
+        "ip_address",
+        "created_at",
+    )
+
+
+@admin.register(NewsletterSignup)
+class NewsletterSignupAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("email", "source", "confirmed", "created_at")
+    list_filter = ("source", "confirmed")
+    search_fields = ("email",)
+
+
+@admin.register(JobApplication)
+class JobApplicationAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ("name", "email", "role_applied_for", "created_at")
+    search_fields = ("name", "email", "role_applied_for")

backend/api/apps.py

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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ApiConfig(AppConfig):
+    default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+    name = "api"
+    verbose_name = "RisingCompute API"

backend/api/migrations/0001_initial.py

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+# Generated by Django 5.0.6
+
+import django.utils.timezone
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = []
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='BlogPost',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('slug', models.SlugField(max_length=200, unique=True)),
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('excerpt', models.CharField(max_length=300)),
+                ('body', models.TextField(help_text='Markdown.')),
+                ('category', models.CharField(choices=[('ai', 'AI'), ('space', 'Space'), ('robotics', 'Robotics'), ('engineering', 'Engineering'), ('company', 'Company')], default='company', max_length=20)),
+                ('author_name', models.CharField(max_length=120)),
+                ('read_time_minutes', models.PositiveIntegerField(default=5)),
+                ('cover_image_url', models.URLField(blank=True)),
+                ('is_published', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('published_at', models.DateTimeField(default=django.utils.timezone.now)),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('updated_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['-published_at']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='ContactSubmission',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=120)),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=254)),
+                ('company', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=160)),
+                ('role', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=120)),
+                ('country', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=80)),
+                ('interest', models.CharField(choices=[('ai-ip', 'AI Inference IP'), ('security-ip', 'Cybersecurity IP'), ('comms-ip', 'Communication IP'), ('custom-asic', 'Custom ASIC'), ('careers', 'Careers'), ('press', 'Press'), ('other', 'Other')], default='other', max_length=20)),
+                ('message', models.TextField()),
+                ('referrer', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=200)),
+                ('user_agent', models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=400)),
+                ('ip_address', models.GenericIPAddressField(blank=True, null=True)),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'verbose_name': 'Contact submission', 'ordering': ['-created_at']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Founder',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=120)),
+                ('role', models.CharField(max_length=160)),
+                ('domain', models.CharField(help_text='Short description of the technical domain they own.', max_length=240)),
+                ('bio', models.TextField(help_text='~80-word bio. Markdown allowed.')),
+                ('photo_url', models.URLField(blank=True)),
+                ('linkedin_url', models.URLField(blank=True)),
+                ('sort_order', models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ('is_published', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['sort_order', 'name']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='JobApplication',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=120)),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=254)),
+                ('role_applied_for', models.CharField(max_length=160)),
+                ('portfolio_url', models.URLField(blank=True)),
+                ('message', models.TextField(blank=True)),
+                ('cv', models.FileField(blank=True, null=True, upload_to='applications/%Y/%m/')),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['-created_at']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='JobOpening',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('slug', models.SlugField(max_length=120, unique=True)),
+                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=160)),
+                ('location', models.CharField(choices=[('surat', 'Surat, India'), ('iist', 'STIIC / IIST, Thiruvananthapuram'), ('remote', 'Remote (India)'), ('hybrid', 'Hybrid')], default='surat', max_length=20)),
+                ('employment_type', models.CharField(default='Full-time', max_length=40)),
+                ('description', models.TextField(help_text='Markdown.')),
+                ('is_open', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('posted_at', models.DateField(default=django.utils.timezone.now)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['-posted_at']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='NewsletterSignup',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('email', models.EmailField(max_length=254, unique=True)),
+                ('source', models.CharField(blank=True, help_text='e.g. footer, blog, contact', max_length=120)),
+                ('confirmed', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['-created_at']},
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Product',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.BigAutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('slug', models.SlugField(max_length=80, unique=True)),
+                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=120)),
+                ('category', models.CharField(choices=[('ai', 'AI Inference'), ('security', 'Cybersecurity'), ('comms', 'Communication Protocol'), ('asic', 'Custom ASIC Services'), ('other', 'Other')], max_length=20)),
+                ('tagline', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('summary', models.TextField(help_text='2–3 sentence overview shown on the products grid.')),
+                ('description', models.TextField(help_text='Long-form description shown on the product detail page (markdown).')),
+                ('benefits', models.JSONField(blank=True, default=list, help_text='List of benefit strings. Example: ["High throughput per watt", "INT8/INT4"].')),
+                ('features', models.JSONField(blank=True, default=list)),
+                ('spec_table', models.JSONField(blank=True, default=list, help_text='List of {"label": "...", "value": "..."} pairs for the spec table.')),
+                ('primary_cta_label', models.CharField(default='Request evaluation', max_length=60)),
+                ('is_published', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
+                ('sort_order', models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)),
+                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
+                ('updated_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
+            ],
+            options={'ordering': ['sort_order', 'name']},
+        ),
+    ]

backend/api/migrations/0002_seed_initial_data.py

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+"""Seed the database with the launch content (products, founders, blog)."""
+from django.db import migrations
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+
+PRODUCTS = [
+    {
+        "slug": "ai-inference-ip",
+        "name": "AI Inference IP Core",
+        "category": "ai",
+        "tagline": "Parallel inference at the edge — deterministic, quantised, portable.",
+        "summary": (
+            "A parallel-compute IP core for running quantised neural networks on FPGA "
+            "or ASIC. Built for vision, sensor fusion, and on-orbit inference."
+        ),
+        "description": (
+            "Our AI Inference IP Core is designed for workloads where GPUs are too "
+            "power-hungry and general-purpose NPUs are too opaque. It runs INT8 / INT4 "
+            "quantised networks with deterministic latency, ports cleanly from FPGA "
+            "prototype to ASIC tape-out, and is verifiable end-to-end."
+        ),
+        "benefits": [
+            "Higher throughput-per-watt than CPU / GPU at the edge",
+            "Deterministic latency for real-time control loops",
+            "INT8 / INT4 quantisation-aware datapath",
+            "Synthesises on standard FPGA tooling",
+            "Same RTL portable from FPGA to ASIC",
+        ],
+        "features": [
+            "Parameterised RTL",
+            "Reference compiler for an ONNX subset",
+            "FPGA reference design",
+            "Integration guide & testbench",
+        ],
+        "spec_table": [
+            {"label": "Interface", "value": "AXI4 / AXI-Stream"},
+            {"label": "Precision", "value": "INT8 / INT4"},
+            {"label": "Targets", "value": "Xilinx UltraScale+, Intel Agilex, 28nm ASIC"},
+            {"label": "Verification", "value": "UVM testbench included"},
+        ],
+        "primary_cta_label": "Request evaluation",
+        "sort_order": 1,
+    },
+    {
+        "slug": "cybersecurity-ip",
+        "name": "Cybersecurity IP Core",
+        "category": "security",
+        "tagline": "Hardware-accelerated cryptography — side-channel hardened.",
+        "summary": (
+            "A drop-in hardware accelerator for symmetric and asymmetric cryptography "
+            "and secure boot — built for defense electronics and secure-element SoCs."
+        ),
+        "description": (
+            "Hardware acceleration for AES, SHA, ECC and RSA primitives, plus a secure "
+            "boot block. Designed constant-time and side-channel hardened from the "
+            "first line of RTL — security is not a wrapper, it's the architecture."
+        ),
+        "benefits": [
+            "Constant-time implementation",
+            "Side-channel hardened",
+            "FIPS-aligned algorithm set",
+            "Low gate count for embedded targets",
+        ],
+        "features": [
+            "AES-128 / 256, SHA-2 / 3",
+            "ECC (P-256, P-384), RSA-2048 / 4096",
+            "True random number generator interface",
+            "AXI / AHB wrappers",
+            "Security white paper",
+        ],
+        "spec_table": [
+            {"label": "Interface", "value": "AXI4-Lite / AHB-Lite"},
+            {"label": "Algorithms", "value": "AES, SHA-2/3, ECC, RSA"},
+            {"label": "Targets", "value": "FPGA + 28/40nm ASIC"},
+            {"label": "Compliance", "value": "FIPS-aligned"},
+        ],
+        "primary_cta_label": "Request evaluation",
+        "sort_order": 2,
+    },
+    {
+        "slug": "communication-ip",
+        "name": "Communication Protocol IP",
+        "category": "comms",
+        "tagline": "Space- and avionics-grade communication blocks. Flight-proven.",
+        "summary": (
+            "SpaceWire, CAN, UART/SPI/I2C and custom satellite payload buses — "
+            "low gate-count, well-documented, and flight-proven on operational missions."
+        ),
+        "description": (
+            "Our communication IP catalogue is the most battle-tested part of our "
+            "stack — variants of these cores have flown on operational satellite "
+            "missions. We licence the same blocks to ground systems, payload "
+            "integrators, and avionics OEMs."
+        ),
+        "benefits": [
+            "Space-qualified design practice",
+            "Low gate-count for power-constrained targets",
+            "Flight-heritage documentation",
+            "Comprehensive verification IP",
+        ],
+        "features": [
+            "SpaceWire / SpaceFibre",
+            "CAN-FD",
+            "UART / SPI / I2C masters & slaves",
+            "Custom satellite payload buses",
+            "Reference designs + integration guide",
+        ],
+        "spec_table": [
+            {"label": "Protocols", "value": "SpaceWire, CAN-FD, UART, SPI, I2C"},
+            {"label": "Heritage", "value": "Flown on operational satellite missions"},
+            {"label": "Verification", "value": "Protocol-compliant testbenches"},
+        ],
+        "primary_cta_label": "Request evaluation",
+        "sort_order": 3,
+    },
+]
+
+
+FOUNDERS = [
+    {
+        "name": "Ali Murabbi",
+        "role": "Co-founder · VLSI & Robotics Engineer",
+        "domain": "RTL / FPGA design · robotics control hardware · motion and sensor-fusion blocks",
+        "bio": (
+            "Hardware designer specialising in RTL and FPGA for robotics and motion "
+            "systems. At SSPACE, IIST, contributed to onboard compute blocks for "
+            "satellite payloads and now leads RisingCompute's communication-protocol "
+            "and robotics IP work."
+        ),
+        "sort_order": 1,
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Bhavy Savani",
+        "role": "Co-founder · VLSI & AI Engineer",
+        "domain": "RTL / FPGA design · quantised neural-network accelerators · verification",
+        "bio": (
+            "VLSI engineer focused on AI accelerator architectures and verification. "
+            "At SSPACE, IIST, designed and verified compute IP that has flown in "
+            "space; at RisingCompute, leads the AI Inference IP Core and the "
+            "Cybersecurity IP Core."
+        ),
+        "sort_order": 2,
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Abhishek Verma",
+        "role": "Co-founder · System Engineer & Project Manager",
+        "domain": "System architecture · integration · project delivery · GTM",
+        "bio": (
+            "Systems engineer and programme lead. Brings the IP, the engineering "
+            "team, and the customer programme together — sets architecture, owns "
+            "project delivery, and runs partner and customer conversations."
+        ),
+        "sort_order": 3,
+    },
+]
+
+
+BLOG_POSTS = [
+    {
+        "slug": "why-we-started-risingcompute",
+        "title": "Why we started RisingCompute",
+        "excerpt": (
+            "Two years inside a satellite-software lab taught us something simple: "
+            "the difference between what a research team can do with AI and what most "
+            "engineers can do comes down to compute. We started RisingCompute to close "
+            "that gap."
+        ),
+        "category": "company",
+        "author_name": "Abhishek Verma",
+        "read_time_minutes": 4,
+        "body": (
+            "## A note from the founders\n\n"
+            "RisingCompute was born inside the SSPACE lab at IIST. We spent two "
+            "years building computation systems for satellites — IP that has since "
+            "flown in space. What we kept noticing was the gap between what a "
+            "research team can do with the right hardware and what a typical "
+            "product team can do with whatever GPU they could afford.\n\n"
+            "Our bet is that closing that gap is a hardware problem, not a "
+            "software one. Parallel architectures, well-designed IP cores, and a "
+            "vendor that ships datasheets you can actually read."
+        ),
+    },
+    {
+        "slug": "what-flight-heritage-means-for-ip",
+        "title": "What flight heritage actually means for IP cores",
+        "excerpt": (
+            "\"Flight-heritage\" is one of the most over-claimed phrases in the IP "
+            "industry. Here's what it means to us, what it doesn't, and what to "
+            "ask the next vendor that uses the term."
+        ),
+        "category": "space",
+        "author_name": "Ali Murabbi",
+        "read_time_minutes": 6,
+        "body": (
+            "## What counts, and what doesn't\n\n"
+            "Flight heritage is not just \"this RTL was synthesised onto a flight "
+            "FPGA once.\" Real heritage is end-to-end: a documented chain from RTL "
+            "to verification artifacts to a specific board, on a specific mission, "
+            "with a specific telemetry track."
+        ),
+    },
+    {
+        "slug": "int8-inference-without-accuracy-loss",
+        "title": "Designing AI inference cores for INT8 without accuracy loss",
+        "excerpt": (
+            "Quantisation is a free lunch — until it isn't. A practical walk "
+            "through the datapath choices that decide whether INT8 inference is "
+            "production-ready or just a benchmark trick."
+        ),
+        "category": "ai",
+        "author_name": "Bhavy Savani",
+        "read_time_minutes": 8,
+        "body": (
+            "## The two failure modes\n\n"
+            "Most INT8 implementations fail in one of two ways: accuracy collapse "
+            "from poor calibration, or throughput collapse from naive datapath "
+            "layout. We walk through how we designed around both."
+        ),
+    },
+    {
+        "slug": "indian-sovereign-ip-stack",
+        "title": "An Indian sovereign IP stack — and why it matters now",
+        "excerpt": (
+            "\"Make in India\" content rules are reshaping defense and space "
+            "procurement. A founder note on what an Indian-origin IP stack should "
+            "look like — and what it shouldn't."
+        ),
+        "category": "company",
+        "author_name": "Abhishek Verma",
+        "read_time_minutes": 5,
+        "body": (
+            "## Sovereign doesn't mean isolated\n\n"
+            "Sovereign IP should mean Indian-origin design, Indian-origin "
+            "verification, and an Indian-origin support chain. It does not mean "
+            "rejecting global tooling or global customers."
+        ),
+    },
+]
+
+
+def seed(apps, schema_editor):
+    Product = apps.get_model("api", "Product")
+    Founder = apps.get_model("api", "Founder")
+    BlogPost = apps.get_model("api", "BlogPost")
+
+    for row in PRODUCTS:
+        Product.objects.update_or_create(slug=row["slug"], defaults=row)
+    for row in FOUNDERS:
+        Founder.objects.update_or_create(name=row["name"], defaults=row)
+    for row in BLOG_POSTS:
+        BlogPost.objects.update_or_create(
+            slug=row["slug"],
+            defaults={**row, "published_at": timezone.now()},
+        )
+
+
+def unseed(apps, schema_editor):
+    Product = apps.get_model("api", "Product")
+    Founder = apps.get_model("api", "Founder")
+    BlogPost = apps.get_model("api", "BlogPost")
+    Product.objects.filter(slug__in=[r["slug"] for r in PRODUCTS]).delete()
+    Founder.objects.filter(name__in=[r["name"] for r in FOUNDERS]).delete()
+    BlogPost.objects.filter(slug__in=[r["slug"] for r in BLOG_POSTS]).delete()
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [("api", "0001_initial")]
+    operations = [migrations.RunPython(seed, unseed)]

backend/api/models.py

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+"""Domain models for the RisingCompute marketing site."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from django.db import models
+from django.utils import timezone
+from django.utils.text import slugify
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Content (curated by the team in the admin)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class Product(models.Model):
+    """An IP core / product line shown on the marketing site."""
+
+    CATEGORY_CHOICES = [
+        ("ai", "AI Inference"),
+        ("security", "Cybersecurity"),
+        ("comms", "Communication Protocol"),
+        ("asic", "Custom ASIC Services"),
+        ("other", "Other"),
+    ]
+
+    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=80)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
+    category = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=CATEGORY_CHOICES)
+    tagline = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    summary = models.TextField(
+        help_text="2–3 sentence overview shown on the products grid."
+    )
+    description = models.TextField(
+        help_text="Long-form description shown on the product detail page (markdown)."
+    )
+    benefits = models.JSONField(
+        default=list,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text='List of benefit strings. Example: ["High throughput per watt", "INT8/INT4"].',
+    )
+    features = models.JSONField(default=list, blank=True)
+    spec_table = models.JSONField(
+        default=list,
+        blank=True,
+        help_text='List of {"label": "...", "value": "..."} pairs for the spec table.',
+    )
+    primary_cta_label = models.CharField(max_length=60, default="Request evaluation")
+    is_published = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    sort_order = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["sort_order", "name"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.name
+
+
+class Founder(models.Model):
+    """Founding-team profile shown on the About page."""
+
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
+    role = models.CharField(max_length=160)
+    domain = models.CharField(
+        max_length=240,
+        help_text="Short description of the technical domain they own.",
+    )
+    bio = models.TextField(help_text="~80-word bio. Markdown allowed.")
+    photo_url = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    linkedin_url = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    sort_order = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
+    is_published = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["sort_order", "name"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.name
+
+
+class BlogPost(models.Model):
+    """Editorial / engineering blog post."""
+
+    CATEGORY_CHOICES = [
+        ("ai", "AI"),
+        ("space", "Space"),
+        ("robotics", "Robotics"),
+        ("engineering", "Engineering"),
+        ("company", "Company"),
+    ]
+
+    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=200)
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    excerpt = models.CharField(max_length=300)
+    body = models.TextField(help_text="Markdown.")
+    category = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=CATEGORY_CHOICES, default="company")
+    author_name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
+    read_time_minutes = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=5)
+    cover_image_url = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    is_published = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    published_at = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+    updated_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-published_at"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.title
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not self.slug:
+            self.slug = slugify(self.title)[:200]
+        super().save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class JobOpening(models.Model):
+    """An open role displayed on the Careers page."""
+
+    LOCATION_CHOICES = [
+        ("surat", "Surat, India"),
+        ("iist", "STIIC / IIST, Thiruvananthapuram"),
+        ("remote", "Remote (India)"),
+        ("hybrid", "Hybrid"),
+    ]
+
+    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, max_length=120)
+    title = models.CharField(max_length=160)
+    location = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=LOCATION_CHOICES, default="surat")
+    employment_type = models.CharField(max_length=40, default="Full-time")
+    description = models.TextField(help_text="Markdown.")
+    is_open = models.BooleanField(default=True)
+    posted_at = models.DateField(default=timezone.now)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-posted_at"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.title
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Submissions (user input via forms — written by the frontend)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class ContactSubmission(models.Model):
+    INTEREST_CHOICES = [
+        ("ai-ip", "AI Inference IP"),
+        ("security-ip", "Cybersecurity IP"),
+        ("comms-ip", "Communication IP"),
+        ("custom-asic", "Custom ASIC"),
+        ("careers", "Careers"),
+        ("press", "Press"),
+        ("other", "Other"),
+    ]
+
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
+    email = models.EmailField()
+    company = models.CharField(max_length=160, blank=True)
+    role = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True)
+    country = models.CharField(max_length=80, blank=True)
+    interest = models.CharField(max_length=20, choices=INTEREST_CHOICES, default="other")
+    message = models.TextField()
+    referrer = models.CharField(max_length=200, blank=True)
+    user_agent = models.CharField(max_length=400, blank=True)
+    ip_address = models.GenericIPAddressField(null=True, blank=True)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-created_at"]
+        verbose_name = "Contact submission"
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.name} <{self.email}> · {self.get_interest_display()}"
+
+
+class NewsletterSignup(models.Model):
+    email = models.EmailField(unique=True)
+    source = models.CharField(max_length=120, blank=True, help_text="e.g. footer, blog, contact")
+    confirmed = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-created_at"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return self.email
+
+
+class JobApplication(models.Model):
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
+    email = models.EmailField()
+    role_applied_for = models.CharField(max_length=160)
+    portfolio_url = models.URLField(blank=True)
+    message = models.TextField(blank=True)
+    cv = models.FileField(upload_to="applications/%Y/%m/", blank=True, null=True)
+    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        ordering = ["-created_at"]
+
+    def __str__(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.name} → {self.role_applied_for}"

backend/api/serializers.py

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+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
+from .models import (
+    BlogPost,
+    ContactSubmission,
+    Founder,
+    JobApplication,
+    JobOpening,
+    NewsletterSignup,
+    Product,
+)
+
+
+class ProductSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    category_label = serializers.CharField(source="get_category_display", read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = Product
+        fields = [
+            "slug",
+            "name",
+            "category",
+            "category_label",
+            "tagline",
+            "summary",
+            "description",
+            "benefits",
+            "features",
+            "spec_table",
+            "primary_cta_label",
+        ]
+
+
+class FounderSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = Founder
+        fields = ["name", "role", "domain", "bio", "photo_url", "linkedin_url"]
+
+
+class BlogPostListSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    category_label = serializers.CharField(source="get_category_display", read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = BlogPost
+        fields = [
+            "slug",
+            "title",
+            "excerpt",
+            "category",
+            "category_label",
+            "author_name",
+            "read_time_minutes",
+            "cover_image_url",
+            "published_at",
+        ]
+
+
+class BlogPostDetailSerializer(BlogPostListSerializer):
+    class Meta(BlogPostListSerializer.Meta):
+        fields = BlogPostListSerializer.Meta.fields + ["body"]
+
+
+class JobOpeningSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    location_label = serializers.CharField(source="get_location_display", read_only=True)
+
+    class Meta:
+        model = JobOpening
+        fields = [
+            "slug",
+            "title",
+            "location",
+            "location_label",
+            "employment_type",
+            "description",
+            "posted_at",
+        ]
+
+
+class ContactSubmissionSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = ContactSubmission
+        fields = [
+            "name",
+            "email",
+            "company",
+            "role",
+            "country",
+            "interest",
+            "message",
+            "referrer",
+        ]
+        extra_kwargs = {
+            "name": {"required": True, "allow_blank": False},
+            "email": {"required": True},
+            "message": {"required": True, "allow_blank": False},
+        }
+
+    def validate_message(self, value: str) -> str:
+        if len(value.strip()) < 10:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "Please write a few words about what you're looking for."
+            )
+        return value.strip()
+
+
+class NewsletterSignupSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = NewsletterSignup
+        fields = ["email", "source"]
+
+    def create(self, validated_data):
+        email = validated_data["email"].lower().strip()
+        obj, _ = NewsletterSignup.objects.get_or_create(
+            email=email,
+            defaults={"source": validated_data.get("source", "")},
+        )
+        return obj
+
+
+class JobApplicationSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = JobApplication
+        fields = ["name", "email", "role_applied_for", "portfolio_url", "message", "cv"]

backend/api/urls.py

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+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+app_name = "api"
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("health/", views.HealthView.as_view(), name="health"),
+    # content
+    path("products/", views.ProductListView.as_view(), name="product-list"),
+    path("products/<slug:slug>/", views.ProductDetailView.as_view(), name="product-detail"),
+    path("founders/", views.FounderListView.as_view(), name="founder-list"),
+    path("posts/", views.BlogPostListView.as_view(), name="post-list"),
+    path("posts/<slug:slug>/", views.BlogPostDetailView.as_view(), name="post-detail"),
+    path("jobs/", views.JobOpeningListView.as_view(), name="job-list"),
+    # submissions
+    path("contact/", views.ContactSubmissionView.as_view(), name="contact"),
+    path("newsletter/", views.NewsletterSignupView.as_view(), name="newsletter"),
+    path("apply/", views.JobApplicationView.as_view(), name="apply"),
+]

backend/api/views.py

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+"""API endpoints for the RisingCompute marketing site."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.mail import send_mail
+from rest_framework import generics, status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import APIView
+
+from .models import BlogPost, Founder, JobOpening, Product
+from .serializers import (
+    BlogPostDetailSerializer,
+    BlogPostListSerializer,
+    ContactSubmissionSerializer,
+    FounderSerializer,
+    JobApplicationSerializer,
+    JobOpeningSerializer,
+    NewsletterSignupSerializer,
+    ProductSerializer,
+)
+
+
+def _client_ip(request) -> str | None:
+    forwarded = request.META.get("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR", "")
+    if forwarded:
+        return forwarded.split(",")[0].strip()
+    return request.META.get("REMOTE_ADDR")
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Read endpoints — content for the public site
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class ProductListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = ProductSerializer
+    queryset = Product.objects.filter(is_published=True)
+
+
+class ProductDetailView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
+    serializer_class = ProductSerializer
+    queryset = Product.objects.filter(is_published=True)
+    lookup_field = "slug"
+
+
+class FounderListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = FounderSerializer
+    queryset = Founder.objects.filter(is_published=True)
+
+
+class BlogPostListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = BlogPostListSerializer
+    queryset = BlogPost.objects.filter(is_published=True)
+
+
+class BlogPostDetailView(generics.RetrieveAPIView):
+    serializer_class = BlogPostDetailSerializer
+    queryset = BlogPost.objects.filter(is_published=True)
+    lookup_field = "slug"
+
+
+class JobOpeningListView(generics.ListAPIView):
+    serializer_class = JobOpeningSerializer
+    queryset = JobOpening.objects.filter(is_open=True)
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Write endpoints — form submissions
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class ContactSubmissionView(APIView):
+    """Accepts a contact / evaluation request from the website."""
+
+    def post(self, request):
+        serializer = ContactSubmissionSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        submission = serializer.save(
+            user_agent=request.META.get("HTTP_USER_AGENT", "")[:400],
+            ip_address=_client_ip(request),
+        )
+
+        try:
+            send_mail(
+                subject=f"[risingcompute.in] New enquiry — {submission.get_interest_display()}",
+                message=(
+                    f"From: {submission.name} <{submission.email}>\n"
+                    f"Company: {submission.company}\n"
+                    f"Role: {submission.role}\n"
+                    f"Country: {submission.country}\n"
+                    f"Interest: {submission.get_interest_display()}\n"
+                    f"Referrer: {submission.referrer}\n\n"
+                    f"Message:\n{submission.message}\n"
+                ),
+                from_email=settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL,
+                recipient_list=[settings.NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO],
+                fail_silently=True,
+            )
+        except Exception:
+            # Never let an email hiccup break the submission flow.
+            pass
+
+        return Response(
+            {"ok": True, "message": "Thanks — we'll be in touch shortly."},
+            status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+        )
+
+
+class NewsletterSignupView(APIView):
+    def post(self, request):
+        serializer = NewsletterSignupSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        serializer.save()
+        return Response(
+            {"ok": True, "message": "You're on the list."},
+            status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+        )
+
+
+class JobApplicationView(APIView):
+    def post(self, request):
+        serializer = JobApplicationSerializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        serializer.save()
+        return Response(
+            {"ok": True, "message": "Application received — we'll be in touch."},
+            status=status.HTTP_201_CREATED,
+        )
+
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Health check
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+class HealthView(APIView):
+    """Simple uptime check used by deploy / monitoring."""
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        return Response({"status": "ok", "service": "risingcompute-api"})

backend/manage.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Django's command-line utility for administrative tasks."""
+import os
+import sys
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "risingcompute.settings")
+    try:
+        from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "Couldn't import Django. Is it installed and on PYTHONPATH? "
+            "Did you forget to activate the virtualenv?"
+        ) from exc
+    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

backend/requirements.txt

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+Django==5.0.6
+djangorestframework==3.15.1
+django-cors-headers==4.3.1
+psycopg[binary]==3.1.18
+python-decouple==3.8
+dj-database-url==2.1.0
+gunicorn==22.0.0
+whitenoise==6.6.0

backend/risingcompute/asgi.py

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+import os
+
+from django.core.asgi import get_asgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "risingcompute.settings")
+
+application = get_asgi_application()

backend/risingcompute/settings.py

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+"""
+Django settings for the RisingCompute marketing site.
+
+All sensitive / environment-specific values come from a `.env` file
+(see `.env.example`) and are loaded via python-decouple.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import dj_database_url
+from decouple import Csv, config
+
+BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Core
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+SECRET_KEY = config("DJANGO_SECRET_KEY", default="dev-insecure-key-change-me")
+DEBUG = config("DJANGO_DEBUG", default=False, cast=bool)
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = config(
+    "DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS",
+    default="localhost,127.0.0.1",
+    cast=Csv(),
+)
+
+INSTALLED_APPS = [
+    "django.contrib.admin",
+    "django.contrib.auth",
+    "django.contrib.contenttypes",
+    "django.contrib.sessions",
+    "django.contrib.messages",
+    "django.contrib.staticfiles",
+    # third-party
+    "rest_framework",
+    "corsheaders",
+    # local
+    "api",
+]
+
+MIDDLEWARE = [
+    "django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware",
+    "whitenoise.middleware.WhiteNoiseMiddleware",
+    "corsheaders.middleware.CorsMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware",
+    "django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware",
+    "django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware",
+]
+
+ROOT_URLCONF = "risingcompute.urls"
+
+TEMPLATES = [
+    {
+        "BACKEND": "django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates",
+        "DIRS": [],
+        "APP_DIRS": True,
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "context_processors": [
+                "django.template.context_processors.debug",
+                "django.template.context_processors.request",
+                "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
+                "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
+            ],
+        },
+    },
+]
+
+WSGI_APPLICATION = "risingcompute.wsgi.application"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Database (PostgreSQL via DATABASE_URL — see DATABASE_SETUP.md)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+DATABASES = {
+    "default": dj_database_url.config(
+        default=config(
+            "DATABASE_URL",
+            default="postgres://risingcompute:risingcompute@127.0.0.1:5432/risingcompute",
+        ),
+        conn_max_age=600,
+    ),
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Auth, i18n, static
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator"},
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator"},
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator"},
+    {"NAME": "django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator"},
+]
+
+LANGUAGE_CODE = "en-in"
+TIME_ZONE = "Asia/Kolkata"
+USE_I18N = True
+USE_TZ = True
+
+STATIC_URL = "static/"
+STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
+STATICFILES_STORAGE = "whitenoise.storage.CompressedManifestStaticFilesStorage"
+
+DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# DRF
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+REST_FRAMEWORK = {
+    "DEFAULT_RENDERER_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.renderers.JSONRenderer",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_PARSER_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.parsers.JSONParser",
+        "rest_framework.parsers.MultiPartParser",
+        "rest_framework.parsers.FormParser",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_CLASSES": [
+        "rest_framework.throttling.AnonRateThrottle",
+    ],
+    "DEFAULT_THROTTLE_RATES": {
+        "anon": "30/hour",
+        "user": "120/hour",
+    },
+}
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# CORS — Vue dev server on :5173, production domain
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = config(
+    "CORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS",
+    default="http://localhost:5173,http://127.0.0.1:5173",
+    cast=Csv(),
+)
+CORS_ALLOW_CREDENTIALS = True
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Email (form submission notifications)
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO = config("NOTIFY_EMAIL_TO", default="contact@risingcompute.in")
+DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = config(
+    "DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", default="noreply@risingcompute.in"
+)
+EMAIL_BACKEND = config(
+    "EMAIL_BACKEND",
+    default="django.core.mail.backends.console.EmailBackend",
+)
+
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+# Security hardening for production
+# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+if not DEBUG:
+    SECURE_PROXY_SSL_HEADER = ("HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO", "https")
+    SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT = True
+    SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    CSRF_COOKIE_SECURE = True
+    SECURE_HSTS_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30  # 30 days; raise to 1 year once stable
+    SECURE_HSTS_INCLUDE_SUBDOMAINS = True
+    SECURE_CONTENT_TYPE_NOSNIFF = True
+    X_FRAME_OPTIONS = "DENY"

backend/risingcompute/urls.py

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+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import include, path
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("admin/", admin.site.urls),
+    path("api/", include("api.urls")),
+]

backend/risingcompute/wsgi.py

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+import os
+
+from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "risingcompute.settings")
+
+application = get_wsgi_application()