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## Who's using it?
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+The ORY community stands on the shoulders of individuals, companies, and maintainers. We thank everyone involved - from
+submitting bug reports and feature requests, to contributing patches, to sponsoring our work. Our community is
+1000+ strong and growing rapidly. The ORY stack protects 1.200.000.000+ API requests every month with over
+15.000+ active service nodes. Our small but expert team would have never been able to achieve this without each and
+everyone of you.
+
+The following list represents companies that have accompanied us along the way and that have made outstanding contributions
+to our ecosystem. *If you think that your company deserves a spot here, reach out to hi@ory.shnow*!
+
+**Please consider giving back by becoming a sponsor of our open source work on Patreon or
+Open Collective.**
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