diff --git a/api/trino_federated.py b/api/trino_federated.py
index c467be4..7deecde 100644
--- a/api/trino_federated.py
+++ b/api/trino_federated.py
@@ -68,6 +68,25 @@ MARQUEE_SQL = (
     "ORDER BY o.revenue DESC NULLS LAST"
 )
 
+# Federated reach - ONE SQL touching every database/engine in the stack.
+# Telemetry has no region dimension, so instead of a misleading join we
+# summarise each source side-by-side in a single UNION ALL query.
+MATRIX_SQL = (
+    "SELECT 1 ord, 'PostgreSQL' source, 'postgres_sales' catalog, 'public.sales_orders' dataset,\n"
+    "       count(*) records, CAST(sum(amount) AS double) metric, 'total revenue' metric_label\n"
+    "FROM postgres_sales.public.sales_orders\n"
+    "UNION ALL SELECT 2,'MySQL','mysql_hr','hr.employee_events',count(*),\n"
+    "       CAST(count(DISTINCT employee_id) AS double),'distinct employees' FROM mysql_hr.hr.employee_events\n"
+    "UNION ALL SELECT 3,'MongoDB','mongodb_supplychain','supplychain.events',count(*),\n"
+    "       CAST(sum(amount) AS double),'event value' FROM mongodb_supplychain.supplychain.events\n"
+    "UNION ALL SELECT 4,'Cassandra','cassandra_telemetry','telemetry.device_metrics',count(*),\n"
+    "       CAST(avg(metric_value) AS double),'avg metric value' FROM cassandra_telemetry.telemetry.device_metrics\n"
+    "UNION ALL SELECT 5,'Hadoop / Iceberg','iceberg','hadoop.orders_ext',count(*),\n"
+    "       CAST(sum(amount) AS double),'lake revenue' FROM iceberg.hadoop.orders_ext\n"
+    "ORDER BY ord"
+)
+MATRIX_CATALOGS = ["postgres_sales", "mysql_hr", "mongodb_supplychain", "cassandra_telemetry", "iceberg"]
+
 
 def _trino(sql: str, limit: int = 500) -> dict[str, Any]:
     import sql_console as s
@@ -98,15 +117,35 @@ def _load_marquee() -> None:
 
 def _marquee_worker() -> None:
     try:
-        a = time.time()
-        res = _trino(MARQUEE_SQL, 50)
-        elapsed = int((time.time() - a) * 1000)
+        # Run the two federated queries concurrently so the total wait stays
+        # close to the slower of the two (region scorecard ~ matrix).
+        from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+
+        def timed(sql: str) -> tuple[dict, int]:
+            a = time.time()
+            r = _trino(sql, 50)
+            return r, int((time.time() - a) * 1000)
+
+        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as ex:
+            f_region = ex.submit(timed, MARQUEE_SQL)
+            f_matrix = ex.submit(timed, MATRIX_SQL)
+            res, elapsed = f_region.result()
+            mres, melapsed = f_matrix.result()
+
         data = {
             "ok": res.get("ok", False),
             "sql": MARQUEE_SQL,
             "catalogs": ["postgres_sales", "mysql_hr", "mongodb_supplychain"],
             "elapsed_ms": elapsed,
             "rows": _rows_as_dicts(res) if res.get("ok") else [],
+            "matrix": {
+                "ok": mres.get("ok", False),
+                "sql": MATRIX_SQL,
+                "catalogs": MATRIX_CATALOGS,
+                "elapsed_ms": melapsed,
+                "rows": _rows_as_dicts(mres) if mres.get("ok") else [],
+                "error": None if mres.get("ok") else str(mres.get("error", ""))[:300],
+            },
             "error": None if res.get("ok") else str(res.get("error", ""))[:300],
             "generated_at": datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
         }
diff --git a/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx b/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
index 4fb76d9..4dd4622 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/components/features/TrinoFederationView.tsx
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export function TrinoFederationView({ embedded = false, activeTab }: { embedded?
 
   const m = marquee?.marquee
   const totals = catalogs?.source_totals || {}
+  const mxRows: any[] = m?.matrix?.rows || []
+  const mxMax = Math.max(1, ...mxRows.map((r) => Number(r.records) || 0))
+  const mxCatalogs: string[] = m?.matrix?.catalogs || ['postgres_sales', 'mysql_hr', 'mongodb_supplychain', 'cassandra_telemetry', 'iceberg']
 
   const body = (
     <>
@@ -218,7 +221,64 @@ export function TrinoFederationView({ embedded = false, activeTab }: { embedded?
           </Panel>
 
           <Panel
-            title="Cross-source federated query — one SQL, three databases"
+            title="One SQL across every database"
+            subtitle={m?.matrix?.elapsed_ms != null ? `${mxCatalogs.length} databases · ${(m.matrix.elapsed_ms / 1000).toFixed(1)}s` : marquee?.running ? 'computing…' : `${mxCatalogs.length} databases`}
+            icon={Network}
+          >
+            <p className="mb-2 text-[10px] text-foreground-muted">
+              A single Trino query fanned out to <span className="text-docker">five engines at once</span> — relational, document, wide-column and the Hadoop lakehouse — no copies, no ETL.
+            </p>
+            <div className="mb-2 flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
+              {mxCatalogs.map((c) => (
+                <span key={c} className="rounded-full bg-docker/15 px-2 py-0.5 text-[9px] font-medium text-docker">{c}</span>
+              ))}
+              <button type="button" onClick={refreshMarquee} className="ml-auto inline-flex items-center gap-1 rounded border border-border px-2 py-0.5 text-[9px] text-foreground-muted hover:bg-surface-overlay">
+                {marquee?.running ? <Loader2 className="h-3 w-3 animate-spin" /> : <RefreshCw className="h-3 w-3" />} re-run
+              </button>
+            </div>
+            <pre className="mb-2 overflow-x-auto rounded-md border border-border bg-surface p-2 font-mono text-[9px] leading-relaxed text-foreground-muted">{m?.matrix?.sql}</pre>
+            {mxRows.length ? (
+              <div className="overflow-x-auto">
+                <table className="w-full text-[10px]">
+                  <thead>
+                    <tr className="border-b border-border text-left text-foreground-muted">
+                      <th className="py-1 pr-3">Source</th>
+                      <th className="py-1 pr-3">Catalog · dataset</th>
+                      <th className="py-1 pr-3">Records</th>
+                      <th className="py-1 pr-3 text-right">Headline metric</th>
+                    </tr>
+                  </thead>
+                  <tbody>
+                    {mxRows.map((r, i) => {
+                      const isMoney = /revenue|value/i.test(r.metric_label || '')
+                      const pct = Math.max(3, (Number(r.records) / mxMax) * 100)
+                      const color = COLORS[i % COLORS.length]
+                      return (
+                        <tr key={i} className="border-b border-border/40">
+                          <td className="py-1 pr-3 font-medium text-foreground">
+                            <span className="inline-flex items-center gap-1.5"><span className="h-2 w-2 rounded-full" style={{ backgroundColor: color }} />{r.source}</span>
+                          </td>
+                          <td className="py-1 pr-3 font-mono text-foreground-muted">{r.catalog}<span className="text-foreground-faint"> · {r.dataset}</span></td>
+                          <td className="py-1 pr-3">
+                            <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
+                              <div className="relative h-2.5 w-24 overflow-hidden rounded bg-surface-overlay"><div className="h-full rounded" style={{ width: `${pct}%`, backgroundColor: color }} /></div>
+                              <span className="font-mono text-foreground">{fmtNum(r.records)}</span>
+                            </div>
+                          </td>
+                          <td className="py-1 pr-3 text-right font-mono text-emerald-400">{isMoney ? fmtMoney(r.metric) : fmtNum(r.metric)} <span className="text-foreground-faint">{r.metric_label}</span></td>
+                        </tr>
+                      )
+                    })}
+                  </tbody>
+                </table>
+              </div>
+            ) : (
+              <p className="py-4 text-center text-[10px] text-foreground-faint">{marquee?.running ? <><Loader2 className="mr-1 inline h-3 w-3 animate-spin" /> Federating across all databases…</> : 'No result yet — click re-run.'}</p>
+            )}
+          </Panel>
+
+          <Panel
+            title="Region scorecard — live join across 3 OLTP sources"
             subtitle={m?.elapsed_ms != null ? `${(m.elapsed_ms / 1000).toFixed(1)}s` : marquee?.running ? 'computing…' : ''}
             icon={Network}
           >