From 837f6c361e53ab8a72b0ada1211e26987f1d0f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: akdeb <deb2@illinois.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:32:03 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] how does this look

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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Elato is heading to Kickstarter! After a year of prototyping and shipping early
  <img src="assets/ks.png" alt="Elato Logo" width="100%">
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+Elato is heading to Kickstarter! After a year of prototyping and shipping early units, we’re preparing our very first campaign. Your early support means a lot. Even one click helps us bring Elato to more people.
+[Kickstarter Pre-launch Page](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elatoai/elato-make-toys-talk-with-ai-voices) — click **“Notify me on launch”** to be first in line when we go live.  
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