diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
index b1bb557b2a5..3ac702c4e90 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/navbar.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { getProxyBaseUrl } from "@/components/networking";
 import { useTheme } from "@/contexts/ThemeContext";
 import { clearTokenCookies } from "@/utils/cookieUtils";
 import { fetchProxySettings } from "@/utils/proxyUtils";
-import { MenuFoldOutlined, MenuUnfoldOutlined, MoonOutlined, SunOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
+import { MenuFoldOutlined, MenuUnfoldOutlined, MessageOutlined, MoonOutlined, SunOutlined } from "@ant-design/icons";
 import { Button, Switch, Tag } from "antd";
 import Link from "next/link";
 import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
@@ -128,6 +128,41 @@ const Navbar: React.FC<NavbarProps> = ({
           </div>
           {/* Right side nav items */}
           <div className="flex items-center space-x-5 ml-auto">
+            {/* Chat CTA — always visible, opens in new tab */}
+            <a
+              href="/chat"
+              target="_blank"
+              rel="noopener noreferrer"
+              style={{
+                display: "inline-flex",
+                alignItems: "center",
+                gap: 6,
+                padding: "6px 14px",
+                borderRadius: 8,
+                background: "#1677ff",
+                color: "#fff",
+                fontSize: 13,
+                fontWeight: 600,
+                textDecoration: "none",
+                whiteSpace: "nowrap",
+              }}
+              onMouseEnter={(e) => { (e.currentTarget as HTMLAnchorElement).style.background = "#0958d9"; }}
+              onMouseLeave={(e) => { (e.currentTarget as HTMLAnchorElement).style.background = "#1677ff"; }}
+            >
+              <MessageOutlined style={{ fontSize: 14 }} />
+              Chat
+              <span style={{
+                fontSize: 9,
+                fontWeight: 700,
+                background: "#fff",
+                color: "#1677ff",
+                borderRadius: 3,
+                padding: "1px 4px",
+                letterSpacing: "0.05em",
+              }}>
+                NEW
+              </span>
+            </a>
             <CommunityEngagementButtons />
             {/* Dark mode is currently a work in progress. To test, you can change 'false' to 'true' below.
             Do not set this to true by default until all components are confirmed to support dark mode styles. */}