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These AI companies have vision and money from backers and venture partners.

He's also used his social media megaphone to amplify some of the deal's high-profile backers, including Dell Technologies' Michael Dell, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, and his brother, Kimbal, who sits on the Tesla board.

Newsom was so confident that the referendum will pass that last week, he told backers to hold off on more donations.

Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels citizen crime patrol group, was on 24 percent -- a margin that could sway the vote if enough of his backers shifted to Cuomo.

Al-Houthi’s outward demeanor, however, belied a more strategic—and ruthless—streak that led him to link up more closely with backers that could facilitate the group’s rise.