diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
index 174e8c3b5..e935e3a07 100644
--- a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/GenerateRoadmap.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { cn } from '../../lib/classname.ts';
 import { RoadmapTopicDetail } from './RoadmapTopicDetail.tsx';
 import { AIRoadmapAlert } from './AIRoadmapAlert.tsx';
 import { OpenAISettings } from './OpenAISettings.tsx';
+import { IS_KEY_ONLY_ROADMAP_GENERATION } from '../../lib/ai.ts';
 
 export type GetAIRoadmapLimitResponse = {
   used: number;
@@ -104,6 +105,7 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
   const [isConfiguring, setIsConfiguring] = useState(false);
 
   const openAPIKey = getOpenAIKey();
+  const isKeyOnly = IS_KEY_ONLY_ROADMAP_GENERATION;
 
   const renderRoadmap = async (roadmap: string) => {
     const { nodes, edges } = generateAIRoadmapFromText(roadmap);
@@ -372,6 +374,7 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
         limit={roadmapLimit}
         limitUsed={roadmapLimitUsed}
         loadAIRoadmapLimit={loadAIRoadmapLimit}
+        isKeyOnly={isKeyOnly}
         onLoadTerm={(term: string) => {
           setRoadmapTerm(term);
           loadTermRoadmap(term).finally(() => {});
@@ -427,63 +430,93 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
             </span>
           )}
           {!isLoading && (
-            <div className="container flex flex-grow flex-col items-center">
+            <div className="container flex flex-grow flex-col items-start">
               <AIRoadmapAlert />
-              <div className="mt-2 flex w-full flex-col items-start justify-between gap-2 text-sm sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-0">
-                <span>
-                  <span
-                    className={cn(
-                      'mr-0.5 inline-block rounded-xl border px-1.5 text-center text-sm tabular-nums text-gray-800',
-                      {
-                        'animate-pulse border-zinc-300 bg-zinc-300 text-zinc-300':
-                          !roadmapLimit,
-                      },
-                    )}
-                  >
-                    {roadmapLimitUsed} of {roadmapLimit}
-                  </span>{' '}
-                  roadmaps generated.
-                </span>
-                {!isLoggedInUser && (
-                  <button
-                    className="rounded-xl border border-current px-1.5 py-0.5 text-left text-sm font-medium text-blue-500 sm:text-center"
-                    onClick={showLoginPopup}
-                  >
-                    Generate more by{' '}
-                    <span className="font-semibold">
-                      signing up (free, takes 2s)
+              {isKeyOnly && (
+                <div className="flex flex-row gap-4">
+                  {!openAPIKey && (
+                    <p className={'text-left text-red-500'}>
+                      We have hit the limit for AI roadmap generation. Please
+                      try again tomorrow or{' '}
+                      <button
+                        onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                        className="font-semibold text-purple-600 underline underline-offset-2"
+                      >
+                        add your own OpenAI API key
+                      </button>
+                    </p>
+                  )}
+                  {openAPIKey && (
+                    <p className={'text-left text-gray-500'}>
+                      You have added your own OpenAI API key.{' '}
+                      <button
+                        onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                        className="font-semibold text-purple-600 underline underline-offset-2"
+                      >
+                        Configure it here if you want.
+                      </button>
+                    </p>
+                  )}
+                </div>
+              )}
+              {!isKeyOnly && (
+                <div className="mt-2 flex w-full flex-col items-start justify-between gap-2 text-sm sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:gap-0">
+                  <span>
+                    <span
+                      className={cn(
+                        'mr-0.5 inline-block rounded-xl border px-1.5 text-center text-sm tabular-nums text-gray-800',
+                        {
+                          'animate-pulse border-zinc-300 bg-zinc-300 text-zinc-300':
+                            !roadmapLimit,
+                        },
+                      )}
+                    >
+                      {roadmapLimitUsed} of {roadmapLimit}
                     </span>{' '}
-                    or <span className="font-semibold">logging in</span>
-                  </button>
-                )}
-                {isLoggedInUser && !openAPIKey && (
-                  <button
-                    onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
-                    className="text-left rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
-                  >
-                    By-pass all limits by{' '}
-                    <span className="font-semibold">
-                      adding your own OpenAI API key
-                    </span>
-                  </button>
-                )}
+                    roadmaps generated.
+                  </span>
+                  {!isLoggedInUser && (
+                    <button
+                      className="rounded-xl border border-current px-1.5 py-0.5 text-left text-sm font-medium text-blue-500 sm:text-center"
+                      onClick={showLoginPopup}
+                    >
+                      Generate more by{' '}
+                      <span className="font-semibold">
+                        signing up (free, takes 2s)
+                      </span>{' '}
+                      or <span className="font-semibold">logging in</span>
+                    </button>
+                  )}
+                  {isLoggedInUser && !openAPIKey && (
+                    <button
+                      onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                      className="rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-left text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+                    >
+                      By-pass all limits by{' '}
+                      <span className="font-semibold">
+                        adding your own OpenAI API key
+                      </span>
+                    </button>
+                  )}
 
-                {isLoggedInUser && openAPIKey && (
-                  <button
-                    onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
-                    className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
-                  >
-                    <Cog size={15} />
-                    Configure OpenAI key
-                  </button>
-                )}
-              </div>
+                  {isLoggedInUser && openAPIKey && (
+                    <button
+                      onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                      className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+                    >
+                      <Cog size={15} />
+                      Configure OpenAI key
+                    </button>
+                  )}
+                </div>
+              )}
               <form
                 onSubmit={handleSubmit}
                 className="my-3 flex w-full flex-col gap-2 sm:flex-row sm:items-center sm:justify-center"
               >
                 <input
                   type="text"
+                  autoFocus
                   placeholder="e.g. Try searching for Ansible or DevOps"
                   className="flex-grow rounded-md border border-gray-400 px-3 py-2 transition-colors focus:border-black focus:outline-none"
                   value={roadmapTerm}
@@ -501,7 +534,8 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
                     !roadmapLimit ||
                     !roadmapTerm ||
                     roadmapLimitUsed >= roadmapLimit ||
-                    roadmapTerm === currentRoadmap?.term
+                    roadmapTerm === currentRoadmap?.term ||
+                    (isKeyOnly && !openAPIKey)
                   }
                 >
                   {roadmapLimit > 0 && canGenerateMore && (
@@ -514,7 +548,7 @@ export function GenerateRoadmap() {
                   {roadmapLimit === 0 && <span>Please wait..</span>}
 
                   {roadmapLimit > 0 && !canGenerateMore && (
-                    <span className="flex items-center text-sm">
+                    <span className="flex items-center">
                       <Ban size={15} className="mr-2" />
                       Limit reached
                     </span>
diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx
index 2b30e3f98..29c8e0820 100644
--- a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/OpenAISettings.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 import { Modal } from '../Modal.tsx';
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import {
-  deleteOpenAIKey,
-  getOpenAIKey,
-  saveOpenAIKey,
-} from '../../lib/jwt.ts';
+import { deleteOpenAIKey, getOpenAIKey, saveOpenAIKey } from '../../lib/jwt.ts';
 import { cn } from '../../lib/classname.ts';
 import { CloseIcon } from '../ReactIcons/CloseIcon.tsx';
 import { useToast } from '../../hooks/use-toast.ts';
@@ -121,6 +117,10 @@ export function OpenAISettings(props: OpenAISettingsProps) {
                 </button>
               )}
             </div>
+            <p className={'mb-2 mt-1 text-xs text-gray-500'}>
+              We do not store your API key on our servers.
+            </p>
+
             {hasError && (
               <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-red-500">
                 Please enter a valid OpenAI API key
diff --git a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
index 1797608c5..152b067cc 100644
--- a/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GenerateRoadmap/RoadmapSearch.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type RoadmapSearchProps = {
   onLoadTerm: (topic: string) => void;
   limit: number;
   limitUsed: number;
+  isKeyOnly: boolean;
 };
 
 export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
@@ -32,16 +33,18 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
     limitUsed = 0,
     onLoadTerm,
     loadAIRoadmapLimit,
+    isKeyOnly,
   } = props;
 
   const canGenerateMore = limitUsed < limit;
   const [isConfiguring, setIsConfiguring] = useState(false);
   const openAPIKey = getOpenAIKey();
+  const isAuthenticatedUser = isLoggedIn();
 
   const randomTerms = ['OAuth', 'APIs', 'UX Design', 'gRPC'];
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex flex-grow flex-col items-center sm:justify-center px-4 py-6 sm:px-6">
+    <div className="flex flex-grow flex-col items-center px-4 py-6 sm:px-6">
       {isConfiguring && (
         <OpenAISettings
           onClose={() => {
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
           }}
         />
       )}
-      <div className="flex flex-col gap-0 text-center sm:gap-2">
+      <div className="flex flex-col gap-0 text-center sm:gap-2 md:mt-24 lg:mt-32">
         <h1 className="relative text-2xl font-medium sm:text-3xl">
           <span className="hidden sm:inline">Generate roadmaps with AI</span>
           <span className="inline sm:hidden">AI Roadmap Generator</span>
@@ -90,30 +93,57 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
               'flex min-w-[154px] flex-shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2 rounded-md bg-black px-4 py-2 text-white',
               'disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50',
             )}
-            disabled={!limit || !roadmapTerm || limitUsed >= limit}
+            onClick={(e) => {
+              if (!isAuthenticatedUser) {
+                e.preventDefault();
+                showLoginPopup();
+              }
+            }}
+            disabled={
+              isAuthenticatedUser &&
+              (!limit ||
+                !roadmapTerm ||
+                limitUsed >= limit ||
+                (isKeyOnly && !openAPIKey))
+            }
           >
-            {(!limit || canGenerateMore) && (
+            {!isAuthenticatedUser && (
               <>
                 <Wand size={20} />
                 Generate
               </>
             )}
+            {isAuthenticatedUser && (
+              <>
+                {(!limit || canGenerateMore) && (
+                  <>
+                    <Wand size={20} />
+                    Generate
+                  </>
+                )}
 
-            {limit > 0 && !canGenerateMore && (
-              <span className="flex items-center text-base">
-                <Ban size={15} className="mr-2" />
-                Limit reached
-              </span>
+                {limit > 0 && !canGenerateMore && (
+                  <span className="flex items-center text-base">
+                    <Ban size={15} className="mr-2" />
+                    Limit reached
+                  </span>
+                )}
+              </>
             )}
           </button>
         </form>
-        <div className="flex flex-row items-center justify-center gap-2 flex-wrap">
+        <div className="flex flex-row flex-wrap items-center justify-center gap-2">
           {randomTerms.map((term) => (
             <button
               key={term}
-              disabled={!limit || !canGenerateMore}
+              disabled={isAuthenticatedUser && (!limit || !canGenerateMore)}
               type="button"
               onClick={() => {
+                if (!isAuthenticatedUser) {
+                  showLoginPopup();
+                  return;
+                }
+
                 onLoadTerm(term);
               }}
               className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border px-2 py-0.5 text-sm transition-colors hover:border-black hover:bg-gray-100 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50"
@@ -129,60 +159,118 @@ export function RoadmapSearch(props: RoadmapSearchProps) {
           </a>
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div className="mt-12 flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
-        <p className="text-gray-500 text-center">
-          You have generated{' '}
-          <span
-            className={cn(
-              'inline-block min-w-[50px] rounded-xl border px-1.5 text-center text-sm tabular-nums text-gray-800',
-              {
-                'animate-pulse border-zinc-300 bg-zinc-300 text-zinc-300':
-                  !limit,
-              },
-            )}
-          >
-            {limitUsed} of {limit}
-          </span>{' '}
-          roadmaps.
-        </p>
-        <p className="flex min-h-[46px] sm:min-h-[26px] items-center text-sm">
-          {limit > 0 && !isLoggedIn() && (
+      {!isAuthenticatedUser && (
+        <div className="mt-8 flex max-w-[500px] flex-col items-center gap-3 rounded-xl border border-gray-400 px-4 pb-4 pt-3">
+          <p className={'text-center text-gray-500'}>
             <button
               onClick={showLoginPopup}
-              className="rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+              className="font-medium text-purple-600 underline underline-offset-2 hover:text-purple-800"
             >
-              Generate more by{' '}
-              <span className="font-semibold">
-                signing up (free and takes 2 seconds)
-              </span>{' '}
-              or <span className="font-semibold">logging in</span>
-            </button>
-          )}
-        </p>
-        <p className="-mt-[75px] sm:-mt-[46px] flex min-h-[46px] sm:min-h-[26px] items-center text-sm">
-          {limit > 0 && isLoggedIn() && !openAPIKey && (
-            <button
-              onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
-              className="rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+              Sign up (free and takes 2s) or login
+            </button>{' '}
+            to start generating roadmaps. Or explore the ones made by the
+            community.
+          </p>
+          <p className="flex flex-col gap-2 text-center text-gray-500 sm:flex-row">
+            <a
+              href="/ai/explore"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-purple-600 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-sm text-purple-600 transition-colors hover:bg-purple-600 hover:text-white"
             >
-              By-pass all limits by{' '}
-              <span className="font-semibold">
-                adding your own OpenAI API key
-              </span>
-            </button>
+              Explore AI Generated Roadmaps <Telescope size={15} />
+            </a>
+            <a
+              href="/roadmaps"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-purple-600 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-sm text-purple-600 transition-colors hover:bg-purple-600 hover:text-white"
+            >
+              Visit Official Roadmaps <ArrowUpRight size={15} />
+            </a>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {isKeyOnly && isAuthenticatedUser && (
+        <div className="mx-auto mt-12 flex max-w-[450px] flex-col items-center gap-4">
+          {!openAPIKey && (
+            <>
+              <p className={'text-center text-red-500'}>
+                We have hit the limit for AI roadmap generation. Please try
+                again later or{' '}
+                <button
+                  onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                  className="font-semibold text-purple-600 underline underline-offset-2"
+                >
+                  add your own OpenAI API key.
+                </button>
+              </p>
+            </>
+          )}
+          {openAPIKey && (
+            <p className={'text-center text-gray-500'}>
+              You have added your own OpenAI API key.{' '}
+              <button
+                onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                className="font-semibold text-purple-600 underline underline-offset-2"
+              >
+                Configure it here if you want.
+              </button>
+            </p>
           )}
 
-          {limit > 0 && isLoggedIn() && openAPIKey && (
-            <button
-              onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
-              className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+          <p className="flex flex-col gap-2 text-center text-gray-500 sm:flex-row">
+            <a
+              href="/ai/explore"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-purple-600 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-sm text-purple-600 transition-colors hover:bg-purple-600 hover:text-white"
             >
-              <Cog size={15} />
-              Configure OpenAI key
-            </button>
+              Explore AI Roadmaps <Telescope size={15} />
+            </a>
+            <a
+              href="/roadmaps"
+              className="flex items-center gap-1.5 rounded-full border border-purple-600 px-2.5 py-0.5 text-sm text-purple-600 transition-colors hover:bg-purple-600 hover:text-white"
+            >
+              Visit Official Roadmaps <ArrowUpRight size={15} />
+            </a>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+      {!isKeyOnly && limit > 0 && isAuthenticatedUser && (
+        <div className="mt-12 flex flex-col items-center gap-4">
+          <p className="text-center text-gray-500">
+            You have generated{' '}
+            <span
+              className={
+                'inline-block min-w-[50px] rounded-xl border px-1.5 text-center text-sm tabular-nums text-gray-800'
+              }
+            >
+              {limitUsed} of {limit}
+            </span>{' '}
+            roadmaps.
+          </p>
+          {isAuthenticatedUser && (
+            <p className="flex items-center text-sm">
+              {!openAPIKey && (
+                <button
+                  onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                  className="rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+                >
+                  By-pass all limits by{' '}
+                  <span className="font-semibold">
+                    adding your own OpenAI API key
+                  </span>
+                </button>
+              )}
+
+              {openAPIKey && (
+                <button
+                  onClick={() => setIsConfiguring(true)}
+                  className="flex flex-row items-center gap-1 rounded-xl border border-current px-2 py-0.5 text-sm text-blue-500 transition-colors hover:bg-blue-400 hover:text-white"
+                >
+                  <Cog size={15} />
+                  Configure OpenAI key
+                </button>
+              )}
+            </p>
           )}
-        </p>
-      </div>
+        </div>
+      )}
     </div>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/ai.ts b/src/lib/ai.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6481f0f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/ai.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const IS_KEY_ONLY_ROADMAP_GENERATION = false;
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