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-    <title>AeThex - Advanced Development Platform</title>
-    <meta
-      name="description"
-      content="AeThex community platform for developers, projects, and innovation"
-    />
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+
+    <title>AeThex — Developer Platform, Projects, Community</title>
+    <meta name="description" content="AeThex: an advanced development platform and community for builders. Collaborate on projects, learn, and ship innovation." />
+    <meta name="keywords" content="AeThex, developer platform, projects, community, mentorship, research labs, consulting, tutorials" />
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+    <meta name="distribution" content="Global" />
+    <meta name="rating" content="General" />
+
+    <!-- Canonical will be set dynamically to the current URL -->
+    <link rel="canonical" href="/" />
+
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+    <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#0a0aff" />
+
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+    <meta property="og:type" content="website" />
+    <meta property="og:title" content="AeThex — Developer Platform, Projects, Community" />
+    <meta property="og:description" content="Join AeThex to build, learn, and connect. Tutorials, mentorship, research labs, and a thriving developer community." />
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+    <meta property="og:url" content="/" />
+
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+    <meta name="twitter:title" content="AeThex — Developer Platform, Projects, Community" />
+    <meta name="twitter:description" content="Build and innovate with AeThex. Projects, mentorship, research labs, and tutorials for modern developers." />
+    <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://cdn.builder.io/api/v1/image/assets%2Ffc53d607e21d497595ac97e0637001a1%2F3979ec9a8a28471d900a80e94e2c45fe?format=png&width=1200" />
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+    <link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.builder.io" crossorigin />
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+          document.head.appendChild(s);
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+        // Organization
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