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-## Hi there 👋
+## Hey, welcome to CircleCI 👋
 
-### 🙋‍ About CircleCI Public repo
+![An illustration of geometric shapes colored in green and the phrase: "Ship quality code, faster".](banner.jpeg)
 
-### 🌈 Contributing to CircleCI
+Our journey began on **September 1st, 2011**, and since then we have made significant strides in the world of continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) 🌟. We are proud to empower developers and businesses all over the globe 🌍 by helping them automate their build, test, and deploy processes.
 
-### 🍿 Useful resources
+### 🌐 A connected community
+
+CircleCI is part of the vibrant open-source community that drives innovation and collaboration. Here are some fascinating facts:
+
+- Our platform supports organizations and developers in **128 countries** 🗺️
+- We’ve run over **23 million hours of builds**, helping developers focus on what truly matters - their code 💻
+- Community contributions grew our registry to over **1900 orbs** for easier CircleCI integration 🛠️
+- We proudly sponsor initiatives like **GameCI**, **Women Who Code**, and **Vue**, fostering diversity and growth within the tech community 🤝
+
+Are you already using CircleCI? Great! If not, check out our [Getting Started Guide](https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/first-steps/) to help you set up your first pipeline.
+
+### 🌿 Contributing to the ecosystem
+
+We actively contribute to open-source projects and maintain our own, such as:
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+- [CircleCI Config SDK](https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-config-sdk-ts) - A TypeScript/JavaScript library for generating CircleCI configuration YAML
+- [CircleCI Orbs](https://github.com/orgs/CircleCI-Public/repositories?q=-orb&type=public&language=&sort=name) - Reusable configurations to help you set up and maintain your CI/CD pipelines
+- [CircleCI Images](https://github.com/orgs/CircleCI-Public/repositories?q=cimg-&type=public&language=&sort=name) - Pre-built Docker images for various languages and services
+
+### 🔍 Appendix
+
+Curious about our upcoming features? Check out our [public roadmap](https://circleci.com/product-roadmap/) ✨ and [let us know](https://circleci.com/contact/) if you have any suggestions 🙇‍♂️. Also, we're always looking for talented individuals to [join our team](https://circleci.com/careers/jobs/) 🙌.