diff --git a/src/auth/setup-ui.tsx b/src/auth/setup-ui.tsx
index 79f6e00..cba7d30 100644
--- a/src/auth/setup-ui.tsx
+++ b/src/auth/setup-ui.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import { hostname } from "node:os";
 import { Box, Text, useApp, useInput } from "ink";
 import { useState } from "react";
-import { asciiLogo } from "../cli/components/AsciiArt.ts";
+import { AnimatedLogo } from "../cli/components/AnimatedLogo";
 import { colors } from "../cli/components/colors";
 import { settingsManager } from "../settings-manager";
 import { pollForToken, requestDeviceCode } from "./oauth";
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ export function SetupUI({ onComplete }: SetupUIProps) {
   if (mode === "device-code") {
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
-        <Text color={colors.welcome.accent}>{asciiLogo}</Text>
+        <AnimatedLogo color={colors.welcome.accent} />
+        <Text> </Text>
         <Text bold>Login to the Letta Developer Platform</Text>
         <Text> </Text>
         <Text dimColor>Opening browser for authorization...</Text>
@@ -160,7 +161,8 @@ export function SetupUI({ onComplete }: SetupUIProps) {
   // Main menu
   return (
     <Box flexDirection="column" padding={1}>
-      <Text color={colors.welcome.accent}>{asciiLogo}</Text>
+      <AnimatedLogo color={colors.welcome.accent} />
+      <Text> </Text>
       <Text bold>Welcome to Letta Code!</Text>
       <Text> </Text>
       <Text>Let's get you authenticated:</Text>
diff --git a/src/cli/components/AnimatedLogo.tsx b/src/cli/components/AnimatedLogo.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f33370a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/components/AnimatedLogo.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+import { Text } from "ink";
+import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { colors } from "./colors";
+
+// Define animation frames - 3D rotation effect with gradient (█ → ▓ → ▒ → ░)
+// Each frame is ~10 chars wide, 5 lines tall - matches login dialog asciiLogo size
+const logoFrames = [
+  // 1. Front view (fully facing)
+  `  ██████  
+██      ██
+██  ██  ██
+██      ██
+  ██████  `,
+  // 2. Just starting to turn right
+  `  ▓█████  
+▓█      ▓█
+▓█  ▓█  ▓█
+▓█      ▓█
+  ▓█████  `,
+  // 3. Slight right turn
+  `  ▓▓████  
+▓▓      ▓▓
+▓▓  ▓▓  ▓▓
+▓▓      ▓▓
+  ▓▓████  `,
+  // 4. More right (gradient deepening)
+  `  ░▓▓███  
+░▓▓    ░▓▓
+░▓▓ ░▓ ░▓▓
+░▓▓    ░▓▓
+  ░▓▓███  `,
+  // 5. Even more right
+  `  ░░▓▓██  
+ ░▓▓  ░▓▓ 
+ ░▓▓░▓░▓▓ 
+ ░▓▓  ░▓▓ 
+  ░░▓▓██  `,
+  // 6. Approaching side
+  `   ░▓▓█   
+  ░░▓░░▓  
+  ░░▓▓░▓  
+  ░░▓░░▓  
+   ░▓▓█   `,
+  // 7. Almost side
+  `   ░▓▓▓   
+   ░▓░▓   
+   ░▓▓▓   
+   ░▓░▓   
+   ░▓▓▓   `,
+  // 8. Side view
+  `   ▓▓▓▓   
+   ▓▓▓▓   
+   ▓▓▓▓   
+   ▓▓▓▓   
+   ▓▓▓▓   `,
+  // 9. Leaving side (mirror of 7)
+  `   ▓▓▓░   
+   ▓░▓░   
+   ▓▓▓░   
+   ▓░▓░   
+   ▓▓▓░   `,
+  // 10. Past side (mirror of 6)
+  `   █▓▓░   
+  ▓░░▓░░  
+  ▓░▓▓░░  
+  ▓░░▓░░  
+   █▓▓░   `,
+  // 11. More past side (mirror of 5)
+  `  ██▓▓░░  
+ ▓▓░  ▓▓░ 
+ ▓▓░▓░▓▓░ 
+ ▓▓░  ▓▓░ 
+  ██▓▓░░  `,
+  // 12. Returning (mirror of 4)
+  `  ███▓▓░  
+▓▓░    ▓▓░
+▓▓░ ▓░ ▓▓░
+▓▓░    ▓▓░
+  ███▓▓░  `,
+  // 13. Almost front (mirror of 3)
+  `  ████▓▓  
+▓▓      ▓▓
+▓▓  ▓▓  ▓▓
+▓▓      ▓▓
+  ████▓▓  `,
+  // 14. Nearly front (mirror of 2)
+  `  █████▓  
+█▓      █▓
+█▓  █▓  █▓
+█▓      █▓
+  █████▓  `,
+];
+
+interface AnimatedLogoProps {
+  color?: string;
+}
+
+export function AnimatedLogo({
+  color = colors.welcome.accent,
+}: AnimatedLogoProps) {
+  const [frame, setFrame] = useState(0);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const timer = setInterval(() => {
+      setFrame((prev) => (prev + 1) % logoFrames.length);
+    }, 100);
+
+    return () => clearInterval(timer);
+  }, []);
+
+  const logoLines = logoFrames[frame]?.split("\n") ?? [];
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {logoLines.map((line, idx) => (
+        // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noArrayIndexKey: Logo lines are static and never reorder
+        <Text key={idx} bold color={color}>
+          {line}
+        </Text>
+      ))}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx b/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
index 9a96cd7..82e9158 100644
--- a/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/components/WelcomeScreen.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { getModelDisplayName } from "../../agent/model";
 import { settingsManager } from "../../settings-manager";
 import { getVersion } from "../../version";
 import { useTerminalWidth } from "../hooks/useTerminalWidth";
-import { asciiLogo } from "./AsciiArt";
+import { AnimatedLogo } from "./AnimatedLogo";
 import { colors } from "./colors";
 
 /**
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ export function WelcomeScreen({
   const cwd = process.cwd();
   const version = getVersion();
 
-  const logoLines = asciiLogo.trim().split("\n");
   const tildePath = toTildePath(cwd);
 
   // Get model display name (pretty name if available, otherwise last part of handle)
@@ -117,12 +116,7 @@ export function WelcomeScreen({
     <Box flexDirection="row" marginTop={1}>
       {/* Left column: Logo */}
       <Box flexDirection="column" paddingLeft={1} paddingRight={2}>
-        {logoLines.map((line, idx) => (
-          // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noArrayIndexKey: Logo lines are static and never reorder
-          <Text key={idx} bold color={colors.welcome.accent}>
-            {idx === 0 ? `  ${line}` : line}
-          </Text>
-        ))}
+        <AnimatedLogo color={colors.welcome.accent} />
       </Box>
 
       {/* Right column: Text info */}