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I agree it's silly, but worth noting is that the target audience for those pages are usually:

1. Potential customers

2. Potential investors

Both groups are a lot more swayable by social proof from seeing the "investors" than the devs as they infer a lot of credibility based on who has funded you. Similarly that's why you often see big company logos on marketing pages because it makes other customers more likely to buy. "<xyz> is too big to be wrong about this product"




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