diff --git a/apps/candidate/src/app/portal/messages/components/thread/thread-panel.tsx b/apps/candidate/src/app/portal/messages/components/thread/thread-panel.tsx
index dc8f89e03..389f6cc9e 100644
--- a/apps/candidate/src/app/portal/messages/components/thread/thread-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/candidate/src/app/portal/messages/components/thread/thread-panel.tsx
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export default function ThreadPanel({
         if (companyId) {
             try {
                 const response: any = await client.get(
-                    `/companies/${companyId}`,
+                    `/companies/${companyId}/view/summary`,
                 );
                 const company = response?.data;
                 if (company?.name) setCompanyName(company.name);
diff --git a/apps/portal/src/components/chat/thread-panel.tsx b/apps/portal/src/components/chat/thread-panel.tsx
index 3075e3361..5e119da39 100644
--- a/apps/portal/src/components/chat/thread-panel.tsx
+++ b/apps/portal/src/components/chat/thread-panel.tsx
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ export default function ThreadPanel({ conversationId }: ThreadPanelProps) {
             if (companyId) {
                 try {
                     const response: any = await client.get(
-                        `/companies/${companyId}`,
+                        `/companies/${companyId}/view/summary`,
                     );
                     const company = response?.data;
                     if (company?.name) setCompanyName(company.name);
diff --git a/services/api-gateway/src/routes/v3/ats.ts b/services/api-gateway/src/routes/v3/ats.ts
index 351dccb18..ecc86c7ff 100644
--- a/services/api-gateway/src/routes/v3/ats.ts
+++ b/services/api-gateway/src/routes/v3/ats.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ const atsV3Routes: V3RouteConfig[] = [
 
   // ── Companies Views ───────────────────────────────────────────
   { path: '/companies/:id/view/contacts', method: 'GET', auth: 'required' },
+  { path: '/companies/:id/view/summary', method: 'GET', auth: 'required' },
 
   // ── Applications Core CRUD ────────────────────────────────────
   { resource: 'applications', auth: 'required' },
diff --git a/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/routes.ts b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/routes.ts
index 811c45114..4c29d1f14 100644
--- a/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/routes.ts
+++ b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/routes.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { IEventPublisher } from '../../v2/shared/events.js';
 import { CompanyRepository } from './repository.js';
 import { CompanyService } from './service.js';
 import { registerCompanyContactsView } from './views/contacts.route.js';
+import { registerCompanySummaryView } from './views/summary.route.js';
 import {
   CreateCompanyInput,
   UpdateCompanyInput,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ export function registerCompanyRoutes(
 
   // --- Views (registered before :id routes to avoid collision) ---
   registerCompanyContactsView(app, supabase);
+  registerCompanySummaryView(app, supabase);
 
   // --- Core 5 CRUD ---
 
diff --git a/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.repository.ts b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.repository.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..608cf2e19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.repository.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Company Summary View Repository
+ *
+ * Flat projection of public display fields for a single company.
+ * Used by any authenticated context (candidate chat, marketplace, etc.)
+ * that needs to render a company's name/logo without full CRUD access.
+ */
+
+import { SupabaseClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
+
+export interface CompanySummary {
+  id: string;
+  name: string | null;
+  logo_url: string | null;
+  website: string | null;
+  industry: string | null;
+  headquarters_location: string | null;
+}
+
+export class CompanySummaryRepository {
+  constructor(private supabase: SupabaseClient) {}
+
+  async findById(companyId: string): Promise<CompanySummary | null> {
+    const { data, error } = await this.supabase
+      .from('companies')
+      .select('id, name, logo_url, website, industry, headquarters_location')
+      .eq('id', companyId)
+      .maybeSingle();
+
+    if (error) throw error;
+    return (data as CompanySummary) ?? null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.route.ts b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc1ead61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * GET /api/v3/companies/:id/view/summary
+ *
+ * Returns public display fields (name, logo, website, industry, HQ location)
+ * for a company. Available to any authenticated user — no access control.
+ */
+
+import { FastifyInstance } from 'fastify';
+import { SupabaseClient } from '@supabase/supabase-js';
+import { CompanySummaryRepository } from './summary.repository.js';
+import { CompanySummaryService } from './summary.service.js';
+import { idParamSchema } from '../types.js';
+
+export function registerCompanySummaryView(app: FastifyInstance, supabase: SupabaseClient) {
+  const repository = new CompanySummaryRepository(supabase);
+  const service = new CompanySummaryService(repository);
+
+  app.get('/api/v3/companies/:id/view/summary', {
+    schema: { params: idParamSchema },
+  }, async (request, reply) => {
+    const clerkUserId = request.headers['x-clerk-user-id'] as string;
+    if (!clerkUserId) {
+      return reply.status(401).send({ error: { code: 'AUTH_REQUIRED', message: 'Authentication required' } });
+    }
+    const { id } = request.params as { id: string };
+    const data = await service.getById(id);
+    return reply.send({ data });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.service.ts b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.service.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba0e2ab25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/ats-service/src/v3/companies/views/summary.service.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Company Summary View Service
+ *
+ * Returns public display fields for a company. Available to any authenticated
+ * user — candidates, recruiters, company users, admins — so that chat, marketplace,
+ * and other cross-role surfaces can render a company's name and logo without
+ * hitting the access-scoped CRUD route.
+ */
+
+import { NotFoundError } from '@splits-network/shared-fastify';
+import { CompanySummaryRepository, CompanySummary } from './summary.repository.js';
+
+export class CompanySummaryService {
+  constructor(private repository: CompanySummaryRepository) {}
+
+  async getById(companyId: string): Promise<CompanySummary> {
+    const summary = await this.repository.findById(companyId);
+    if (!summary) throw new NotFoundError('Company', companyId);
+    return summary;
+  }
+}