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> I would not be surprised to find out that this is a couple recent college grads who don’t realize what this business entails.

It's made by Y-combinator backed startup Taiki. The cofounders (who have names similar to the ones that made commits in the git repo) seem to be pretty experienced (Alibaba, and Amazon)[0]

[0] https://www.taiki.ai/about-us

> Judging from the quality of the design

Half of the respected users in this forum have websites like that.

Those simple, minimal css websites are trendy right now as a way to signal "this isn't a bloated business, we're practical and efficient". See ssi.inc for a high profile example

They claim it's a project by these people, who are YC-backed: https://www.taiki.ai/

> which, yes, I think is an appropriate way to arrive at this conclusion

it's not