backer

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Musk was the biggest individual financial backer of OpenAI, contributing more than $44 million to the startup, according to court filings.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

While Microsoft remains an OpenAI backer, it has worked to develop a level of technological independence from OpenAI as it builds its Copilot assistant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Clifton’s former backer, Meieran, says he doesn’t think things are going to bounce back enough to warrant more massive investment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

But a backer of the bill, Congresswoman Nancy Picón Martínez, said that the mining industry was being portrayed "as if it were a monster".

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

I acted in the capacity of backer, or best-man, to the bridegroom; while a little limp pew-opener in a soft bonnet like a baby’s, made a feint of being the bosom friend of Miss Skiffins.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens