backer
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It has become a backer to those that rely on its chips, providing some funding to the likes of OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX to help continue the costly buildout of AI infrastructure.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Russia was a key backer of the Assad regime, and in the days after his fall, Assad released a statement confirming that he had fled there.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
His new backer Universal not only gives him near-total autonomy, but sacrifices potential home-entertainment revenue by giving his movies an extraordinarily long amount of time exclusively in theaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
His backer was Chicago private-equity firm Granite Creek Capital Partners, which aims to invest $10 million to $30 million in companies with at least $3 million of Ebitda, according to its website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Its backers are seeking $100 million in annual funding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
The push is part of a $1.5 billion joint venture between the AI giant and Wall Street firms, which also includes Apollo, General Atlantic and Goldman Sachs among the backers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Thanks to several shadowy backers, three days later, according to my source inside the courthouse, on Saturday, Aug. 8, at 12:35 p.m.,
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin - one of the key European backers for Ukraine's war effort.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
“Loomis had ninety ideas a minute,” one of their financial backers observed.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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